It might surprise you but I've recently been using
e-Sword bible software. It contains several KJV versions, Geneva, Bishops as well as some of the silly modern ones. Contemporary English Version is included for light humor. Well, if blasphemous and careless translations is actually humorous. The e-Sword program allows you to lay them out in up to 4 parallel versions, quite handy. And I can have tons of study helps too. Gill, both Henry's, Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Nave's, etc. So it is quite complete.
I found they had several modern translations from the Receptus family. The one I found interesting and useful to use in conjunction with KJV with Strong's numbering was one called the Analytical-Literal. It's unique characteristic is that it is the first Bible version to be based on the second edition of Byzantine Majority Greek Text. It's strengths are that it includes one of the same textual features that I find so valuable in the KJV, namely, showing where words are added by translators for clarity. When used along with the tooltip-style Strong's numbers in e-Sword, it has actually helped me to gain a lot more understanding of many verses that are, admittedly problematic. It helps most in just parsing out the phrases and seeing the structure of the Greek text. It takes away so much of the tedium out of doing word studies.
At any rate, I guess even us KJV guys aren't all we're cracked up to be. I would maintain the King James as the most error-free of translations and the most reliable. But it is not insuperable and we can always benefit from sound bible study provided we use reliable references based on appropriate texts.
The Amazon link provides a short summary and examples from the ALT.
Home of the ALT publisherAmazon: ALTBut it is not insuperable and we can always benefit from sound bible study provided we use reliable references based on appropriate texts. One is free to use any tool to attempt to understand the King James, but the King James is the final authority.
Do you have any examples you would like to share with us, where the King James was in error?