My Grandfather went to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the very early 1900s. He could read and translate both Greek and Roman but not Hebrew except just a few words. I know he had books about the dead sea scrolls and studied them.
He was also brilliant, having been elected to the Florida Senate at age 18. That by the way that is not the record. Doyal Conner beat his record by a few months.
I scored 98.7 on the Federal Service Entrance Exam yet Granddaddy was much smarter than me.
He told me that the King James Version was a better version than all that had preceded it. Some later ones may have found a word or two but overall it was a tremendous achievement. Nothing comes close in it’s majesty.
It is getting late I should have said Latin instead of Roman. He could make out some Hebrew And Aramaic too but not enough to translate.
The end result was that especially the poetry books are master pieces.
For my daily reading I tend to go for NIV. Except for the poetry books where I switch to KJV.