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Originally Posted by maximus83
Finally, none of that changes the simple fact that Alter has noted: the KJV is a lovely complete translation that had a massive, enduring impact on the development of the English language and upon many influential writers. And still worth reading in its own right, along with modern improved translations.
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It's a great work of literature, but it is not (by current standards) a good
translation at all. Not only is current knowledge of Biblical Hebrew and Greek far advanced over the state of the art 400 years ago, but the KJV translators were working from very poor quality source material.