I’m certainly no scholar.
The KJV was, last I heard, the most popular/published book on this planet. Seems fitting.... few can claim they weren’t exposed or that the Gospel was not available to them.
Beyond that, the KJV is so quaint and poetic. Some claim other translations are more “accurate”, but the pure ancient phrasing of the Authorized Version is beauty and God revealed!
God Bless Free Republic and the King James Version of the Holy Scriptures!
I'll second that!!!
The KJV is what I was raised with, it's what is sitting in my living room, it's what I read when I want to read Scripture.
Modern translations just don't sound right to me, even if they are easier for most folks to understand.
The Word of God is worth a little WORK to try to understand it!! :)