As i said originally, Fish...PRAY about the Bible versions matter.
The KJV is mentioned so often because a cultic myth was made about it. As I also said before, the creation of this myth is not the fault of the KJV nor its translators.
The origins of this myth are clear. It came from a book, our Authorized Bible Vindicated, by SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST official Dr. Benjamin Wilkinson. Though earlier theologians mention that,in their opinions, the KJV was the best English translation, it was just something they said in passing, while Wilkinson's book was wholly dedicated to exalting the KJV. Problem is, his book is filled with errors, a common one being that Psalms 12:6-7 are about God's preserving His WORDS. A simple reading of the AV 1611 proves this guesswork wrong, as the translators' marginal note, "Heb.him, I. euery one of them" plainly shows those translators believed V.7 applied to the PEOPLE of the previous verses.
At any rate, Wilkinson's book, which was far from a best-seller was heavily copied by one J.J.Ray, who in 1955 published God Wrote Only One Bible. This book was hawked with the power of modern media and sold substantially more than did Wilkinson's work. Then, in 1970, Dr. D.O.Fuller's which Bible? was published, a work that copied heavily from both Wilkinson and Ray, including most of their errors. Fuller even went so far as to try to conceal Wilkinson's CULT AFFILIATION! (All three of those books are readily available, and if you read them, be prepared to check out the veracity of their assertions!)
From those three works, a myth was built up around the KJV, a myth which is man-made and totally-false. It asserts that the KJV is the ONLY valid English Bible version & that it's completely inerrant, perfect in every way. That assertion has been proven incorrect with many examples, most of which can be found in this forum. In fact, virtually every facet of the KJVO myth has been disproven here. However, we must keep repeating our disproofs for the sake of the "newbie" and the hit-n-run KJVOs that park here for a few days till their falsehoods are blasted & they move on in search of someone-ANYONE-who will believe their trash.(However, there are a few "imbedded" KJVOs who continue to fool themselves while vainly trying to defend the KJVO myth.)
Again, please don't hold the foolishness of a few men against the KJV. It's as valid as any other version, and the quaintness of its 400-yr-old English as compared with modern English makes verse memorization easier. If you feel led to use the KJV, fine. But bear in mind that the KJV is NOT the only valid English version, and if you feel steered to use a modern version or versions, fine. Personally, I use the KJV, NKJV, NASB, NIV, and study from the Geneva Bible(the KJV's immediate predecessor) and several other older and newer versions. Why so many? Because I wanna learn all I can about the Scriptures from a broad spectrum of sources. Maybe I could learn Greek and Hebrew, but it would take years of constant study to learn the subtleties and nuances of those languages, without which I couldn't learn any more about the Scriptures than I can from reading English translations.
God has different works for each believer, as well as certain works for every believer. While I'm always prepared to witness whenever/wherever I'm given the opportunity, I use certain BVs for certain jobs. For example, when evangelizing in one of the many "rest homes" in the area, I have the KJV ready, as that's the version most familiar to older Americans, but when I visit a jail I have the NIV with me, as most of the inmates are somewhat younger than I.(I'm 57.)(and, while visiting a jail, DON'T FORGET THE CORRECTIONS OFFICERS! !) But that's among the things God has for ME, while He may have something entirely different for YOU, which includes your using only one certain Bible version, or several versions.
Therefore I cannot correctly recommend any one Bible version for you or anyone else. That's a matter between the individual and GOD.
