<P> Skin of my teeth ( Hebrew : ע֣וֹר שִׁנָּֽי ‎ ' ō - wr šin - nāy ) is a phrase from the Bible . In Job 19 : 20 , the King James Version of the Bible says , `` My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh , and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth . '' In the Geneva Bible , the phrase is rendered as `` I have escaped with the skinne of my tethe . '' </P>
<P> Skin of my teeth ( Hebrew : ע֣וֹר שִׁנָּֽי ‎ ' ō - wr šin - nāy ) is a phrase from the Bible . In Job 19 : 20 , the King James Version of the Bible says , `` My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh , and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth . '' In the Geneva Bible , the phrase is rendered as `` I have escaped with the skinne of my tethe . '' </P>
where does the phrase by the skin of my teeth come from
where does the phrase by the skin of my teeth come from
Job 19 : 20
Job 19 : 20