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This is a somewhat different situation to the "usual" bible copyright issues. Most modern translations of the bible are under copyright simply because they are modern translations, and a translation receives its own copyright which is independent of the copyright status of the material being translated.
In this case, however, we have a 1917 translation which is in the public domain, to which someone has added additional material. It is only that additional material which is therefore copyrighted; the original text remains in the public domain. If, therefore, the additional material is removed from the files, then they can perfectly legitimately be reposted, because the material is in the public domain.
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