Not necessary. Modern translators have done the work for us.

We like the old songs, the old words, of the great hymns. The old English doesn’t bother us. That’s because of some precious memories, not about being doctrinally correct. This is how we were raised. We in fact resent changes to the old songwriters. Let them rest, we say. Don’t dig them up and make them talk our way!

True enough. But no such sentimental feeling must exist for the Bible reader, and the KJV translators would have been the first to say so, as they were involved in radical changes of their own.

They would shout, Let God’s Word be released!

The Holy Spirit is the “old songwriter” we are talking about here, but far from being disturbed about His old lyrics being disturbed, He is delighted when God’s people are guided into a better understanding of the Word in a language appropriate to them.

Accuracy and ability to communicate in any generation are always the goals.

But, let me remind you, death at the stake was the norm for anyone who dared to place the Bible in the current language of the people! God’s goals and men’s are usually at odds with each other, yes?

Final thoughts.

I ask you, whether you be saint or scholar or both,

• What doctrine is missing in a “modern” Bible?
• What part of the plan of salvation is missing in a “modern” Bible?
• What would keep me from being a perfected complete Christians in a “modern” Bible?
• What verses would cause me to sin in a “modern” Bible?
• Which Bible, “modern” or KJV, is more likely to be read by a person new to the Christian faith?

Aren’t the answers to these questions self-evident?

Hold on to your KJV Bible. It was a great book in its day. A classic it will be for many years. Use it as a reference! Like Strong’s concordance, or Smith’s Bible Dictionary, or your favorite commentaries.