History
How long did it take to translate the King James Version of the Bible?
7 years
Pick the phrase NOT in the KJV
1. The blind leading the blind
2. Hold your horses
3. At my wit's end
HOLD YOUR HORSES
"The blind leading the blind" -- Matthew 15:14
"At my wit's end" -- Psalm 107:27
Under which monarch was this bible created?
King James
How many copies have been printed?
5 - 7 Billion
What year was the King James Translation completed?
1611
Pick the phrase NOT in the KJV
1. Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
2. Better late then never
3. Hard as rock
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
"Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die" -- Ecclesiastes 8:15,
"Hard as rock" -- Job 21:44
How many books in the entire current King James Bible?
66
(39 in the Old Testament + 27 in the New Testament)
(originally there were 80 books but the Apocrypha was removed in 1885)
How many languages were the original books of the bible written in?
3
(Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek)
Pick the phrase NOT in the KJV
THE EYE IS THE WINDOW TO THE SOUL
"Bite the dust" -- Psalm 72:9
"Saving the best for last" -- John 2:10
How many people worked to translated the King James Bible? (within 5)
47 - 54
Why was the King James Translation created?
No one agreed on which translation was correct or which to use.
How many languages has the KJV been translated into? (within 100)
2,454
Pick the phrase NOT in the KJV
GOD HELPS THOSE THAT HELP THEMSELVES
"Scapegoat" -- Leviticus 16:18
"A little bird told me" -- Ecclesiastes 10:20
"See eye to eye" -- Isaiah 52:8
Pick the phrase NOT in the KJV
TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE
"A fool and his money are soon parted" -- Proverbs 21:20
"By the skin of our teeth" -- Job 19:20
"Where there's a will, there's a way." -- Proverbs 16:9