Reigns over what? Frankly, this Christian isn't at all interested in a bible named after a human King. I'll still take the original Christian bible that was fully assembled, codified and deemed "inspired by God" around 382 A.D. That bible came out of the Christian Church, not from some secular King who decided to make his own version.
I’m not sure I understand. You read the Bible in Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek? Which original Bible?
Sounds like you may be much more of a biblical scholar than I, but I don’t see it as a translation by King James himself.
Rather, I see it as King James commissioning some of the best Christian scholars of the time to undertake a painstaking process of translation into English in order to make God’s Word more readily accessible to all English-speaking people around the world, for the benefit of untold generations into the future.
I believe God can (and did in this instance) use “secular” entities to provide the resources to His servants/believers that enabled the accomplishment of His Purpose. In this regard, the King’s personal motivation (for self-glorification or whatever) is irrelevant in terms of whether the translation was accurate.
That the KJV has held up for over 4 centuries is a powerful testament to God’s Hand guiding those who undertook that particular translation, I believe.
Anyway, short of learning Hebrew and Greek (which I’ve never accomplished) and studying His Word in the original languages, I’m satisfied with the KJV. At this stage in my life, I don’t see myself ever “going” with any other “version” of God’s Word.
I would appreciate it if you or other readers would not consider this post as being argumentative, just adding my thoughts to the conversation.