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I believe it would be yes. But as one caller noted, the preface of the 1611 KJV Bible the translators insisted that as language changed, so would the need for newer translations of the Bible. That was the basis for the existence of the KJV Bible itself, to update it to, then, modern English.
If we want to take the KJV Only'ist to their logical conclusion that the KJV is the only true Bible translation, then we have to assume that there was no true Bible prior to the KJV.
I will link the discussion that was talked about by Dr White before the video started, the john Ankerberg Show from 1995, they discuss KJV Only'ism with people both, for and against.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI7fbQc1Oyw&list=PL5641953C984053E0
A KJVO will charge you with believing that God hasn't preserved His word. This is because they are looking for the perfect translation and believe this to be the KJV. God preserved His word, not in a single translation of the Bible, but by using a system of a decentralized multiple attestation. 2.5 miles high of Manuscripts from as early as the first century scattered all over the Old World, some still being discovered today. Dr Dan Wallace in the video playlist I linked above goes into this. You could recreate the entire New Testament with the exception of the words 'the' and 'of', in some places. This exercise he named "the Gospel according to snoopy".
KJV Only'ists have another issue... which version of the King James? the 1611 or the 1769 revision? The Oxford or the Cambridge version? (I am using their vernacular "version" instead of Translation")
But of course when you tell them all this they still come at you with a very cultish "So where is Gods preserved Word then?" They are looking for 1 specific book, instead of a method. You can't help them, only God can.
Sooo, where is Gods word preserved then? ;)
I really appreciate your informative response. You are helping a fellow Christian get on the right track, confidently. Maybe I’m looking too hard and am too untrusting. Blame the US government for that. In my search for the “right” translation some review I came across said “the best Bible is the one you read”. That sounds like good advice.
And just like you said, "Heaven and Earth will pass away, but my word will never pass away".
Excellent response. I personally use the ESV, but if the KJV was the only Bible available on the shelf, I would read that too.