The “common language,” or “Lazy speak” of today lacks much in order to be admired. I find the arguments against the KJV rather like proposing that all of Shakespeare’s plays should be “translated” into today’s English. In a word, “UGH!”
Shakespeare HAS been translated into modern English. Ever seen West Side Story? :-)
To compare it to Shakespeare misses the point. Shakespeare didn’t write in Hebrew or Greek. If he had, then renditions of those works into the most modern English possible would have virtue.
Shakespeare used the early modern English of his day to formulate poetic verse and prose. It would be tricky to try to “update” that and it is sensible to strive to understand his language and worldview. On the other hand, modernization of English has not at all stifled poetry and prose by new authors.
Of course I’ve seen West Side Story and many other movies and plays that have been excerpted from other works. How many times has Romeo and Juliet been done in variation? Perhaps thousands of times. IMHO That does not address the issue. The English language has the largest vocabulary of any language, yet most people do not, or can not, use it. English is a precise language and that is the reason it is the universal “Commercial” language. French, a Romance language, is the “Diplomatic” language of the world.
Your argument that Germanic language speakers accomplished more regarding science and technology bears a closer scrutiny. It seems to me you are dismissing an enormous list of doctors, scientists, and inventors from France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, who in many cases paved the way to today’s world. Marie Curie, the Lumiere brothers, Da Vinci just for starters, and don’t forget the great mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal whose theory is still valid four hundred years after his death.