2017 marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing the 95 Theses to the Wittenburg door. Prior to the reformation and the 100 years following- just how many folks do you think owned their own personal Bibles? In those days folks got their Bible at the hands of their religious leaders.
Yet, God preserved His Word throughout Bible-believing churches that had copies of the copies of the copies of the Book which would eventually be organized under the supervision of King James.
God has always had His people, whether we call them Waldensians or Anabaptists - the ones that were martyred throughout the centuries because they rejected the teachings of the Catholics.
It is called, PRESERVATION.
You claim He preserved it in a particular translation (KJV) ...
If this is true, there had to be a preserved translation prior to 1611 or there was no bible.
So, for example, was the Geneve Bible the preserved translation prior to 1611? Or was it something else? Was it even an English version that was preserved? What about the Greek text of Erasmus that underlies the KJV? Was that the preserved version?
I happen to think God preserved His word through the myriad of Greek manuscripts ... thousands of them are in existence ... and with the due diligence of textual and Greek language experts ... a good translation can be produced that is rightly considered Gods word.