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Originally Posted by xnowimcoolx
Well, appalling for today, yes. It wasn't an appalling translation in the 17th century though. Given the resources available to them it was a rather competent translation, the fact that people still use it today boggles my mind though.
Other than to hear the aesthetics of some of the poetry, there really is no good reason to use the KJV.
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The problem is not the translation as such, but rather the very poor source material used. The primary source for the KJV New Testament is a single 8th century manuscript, which is today regarded as not being very accurate. Modern translations are produced by looking at all the available source material (which is now enormously more than were available to the 17th century translators) and using modern techniques of literary analysis to make informed judgements about what is likely to be the original reading of the text.