I might become Catholic, but I do not want to give up reading the KJV

[Anesti33]

You can read whatever you want. Approval for translations is for the liturgy.

Our bishops disagree:

http://www.usccb.org/bible/understa...materials/articles/do-translations-matter.cfm
USCCB:

To be used for teaching or private reading, a Catholic Bible should have an imprimatur or canonical rescript. This official notice is usually printed on the back of the title page. Latin for “let it be printed,” the imprimatur indicates that Church authorities have reviewed the text and found that nothing in it is contrary to the doctrine and morals of the Church. It does not necessarily mean that all the experts and bishops involved in the review agree with every decision made by the translators. It simply means that the text of Scripture is translated accurately and that nothing included in the text or notes is contrary to the teaching of the Church. A canonical rescript expresses a similar judgment.

 

[Maximian]

Personally, I love the language of the KJV, it shows the genius of Shakespeare (unsurprising as it cones from the same place and time).

Possibly he contributed to it. In the year it was published, Shakespeare was 46. If you take Psalm 46, and count the forty sixth word, it is “shake” (though the mountains shake and swell). If you count the 46th word from the end you get “spear” (he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder).

 

[LilyM]

LilyM:

Personally, I love the language of the KJV, it shows the genius of Shakespeare (unsurprising as it cones from the same place and time).

Possibly he contributed to it. In the year it was published, Shakespeare was 46. If you take Psalm 46, and cound the forty sixth word, it is “shake” (though the mountains shake and swell). If you cound the 46th word from the end you get “spear” (he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder).

MInd blown!

 

[puer.dei]

I love the KJV language especially for Psalms, Proverbs, etc.

I grew up on the KJV, and will always have a copy. There are some psalms that, no matter what translation I’m reading, I “hear” the KJV language.