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Yeah, my version doesn't say it this way, but I like yours better for this issue.

THE FOUR-FOLD SUPERIORITY OF THE KING JAMES VERSION

By Dr. D.A. Waite

http://av1611.com/kjbp/articles/waite-fourfold1.html

(Dr. D. A. Waite, received a B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) in classical Greek and Latin from the University of Michigan in 1948, a Th.M. (Master of Theology), with high honors, in New Testament Greek Literature and Exegesis from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1952, an M.A. (Master of Arts) in Speech from Southern Methodist University in 1953, a Th.D. (Doctor of Theology), with honors, in Bible Exposition from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1955, and a Ph.D. in Speech from Purdue University in 1961. He holds both New Jersey and Pennsylvania teacher certificates in Greek and Language Arts. He has been a teacher in the areas of Greek, Hebrew, Bible, Speech, and English for over thirty-five years in nine schools, including one junior high, one senior high, three Bible institutes, two colleges, two universities, and one seminary.)

I just ran across this post, and I felt that I had to point out that this is one point where you and I are seemingly in agreement, at least with regard to the New Testament.

The KJV is the best translation of the New Testament from an Orthodox point of view, IMHO (although there are those who have knee-jerk reactions against it because of its supposed Protestant bias.)

The Greek manuscripts that Erasmus had when putting together the Textus Receptus, from which the KJV is basically translated, were (not surprisingly) texts from the Eastern Orthodox Church. They follow the Byzantine text-type, which is what the Orthodox Church considers to be the authoritative textual tradition.

Add to that the fact that the KJV is translated using principles of exact equivalence, rather than "dynamic equivalence", and the result is a translation that (quite aside from its beauty and readableness) is in most cases a quite literal translation of the Greek New Testament used by the Orthodox Church.