@BowsacNoodle @tyler KJV IS CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT TO AMERICANS
TRANSLATIONS HISTORICALLY GET TAMPERED WITH TO CLUDGE THE SCRIPTURE TO BETTER FIT ONE OR ANOTHER THEOLOGICAL VIEW.
KJV IS SEEN AS A TOUCHSTONE THAT'S MORE OR LESS UNIVERSAL, AND AS A KIND OF STAB AGAINST MODERNISM
OWNIN THE LIBS FOR CENTURIES NOW
BECAUSE OF THAT AUTHORITY TONS OF KJVISMS HAVE PERMEATED THE COMMON LEXICON: APPLES OF YOUR EYES AND SKIN OF YOUR TEETH
SO IT'S A FOUNDATIONAL TEXT FOR THE LANGUAGE

YOU CAN GET WHAT YOU NEED (AS MUCH AS AN ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH CAN) OUT OF JUST ABOUT ANY COMMON TRANSLATION
WHICH THESE DAYS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE ESV WEARING A DIFFERENT NAME
BUT YOU WON'T GET THE CULTURE

KJV ONLYISM IS ANOTHER WEIRD IDIOSYNCRATIC AMERICAN THING
SOME TRIBES EVEN BELIEVE IN A SORT OF QURANIC VIEW OF SCRIPTURE WHERE JESUS CHRIST IS THE BOOK MADE FLESH, RATHER THAN THE BOOK BEING WHAT GOD WANTED TO DISCLOSE ABOUT HIMSELF AND HIS CHARACTER


AND CHOOSING KING JAMES MEANS WE GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT FROM THE SIDELINES WHICH IS FUN