The King James Version has shaped the church, its worship, and the English language itself for over four hundred years. But what should we do with it today? The KJV beautifully rendered the Scriptures into the English of the turn of the seventeenth century, and Mark Ward's question is what happens when a reader four centuries later encounters words that have quietly changed meaning.

Ward writes with evident affection for the translation rather than against it, and much of the book consists of specific examples where a modern reader understands a verse in a sense its translators did not intend. He also handles the arguments of KJV-only advocates directly and courteously. Short, accessible, and useful in congregations where the question is live.