The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. (Psalm 12:6)
Did you know that the King James Bible is the seventh translation in a line of translations?
See rule number 14 on the Rules to be Observed in the Translation of the Bible from the original KJV:
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Note that rule number fourteen lists the Bishop's Bible in addition to the ones listed on the right.
The KJV is a great translation, my personal favorite by far, though when I first started reading it I had to keep a dictionary handy, it was well worth it. The language is beautifully written and full of all the Power of the Word. I grew up reading an NASB, and let me tell you, when you get used to a version and all of the "key words" for looking up verses to find a matter in a concordance, it makes switching to another version difficult, but the switch was well worth it for me personally. There really does seem to be a difference for me, I've actually started reading my NASB a couple of times recently and put it away cause I felt like I was getting cheated :laughing7:.
The reason I started using the KJV was for apologetics, cause alot of people won't even discuss things with you when your using a different translation, so for arguments sake I switched, cause it didn't matter one way or another with me which translation I used and I'm educated enough to look up words I don't understand, but much to my surprise I am very happy that I did switch. It was an unexpected blessing. :bigGrin: