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There are some things we can know for sure about bible translations! We can know that God first used people who only knew the Hebrew language when God first breathed His words of life to man. We know that the Hebrew language changed over the years and the first way it was written was in pictograph, and that was 6,000 years ago so lots has changed. God has just now let us find archeology so we can understand those early Hebrews better, so some of the latest translations using that knowledge needs to be looked at and is probably more accurate.
We know that it was only Hebrew men that God used to breath his word to at first, even when those men used different languages to first record God. Luke is the only one who wasn't, and some say he was half Hebrew.
We also can know that man, no matter how man tries to listen to only God, is influenced by the thoughts he has. We can know some of the thoughts of the men God used to translate the KJV by studying how the church was at that time and what their traditions were. This version was printed in 1611, that many years separated them from even Christ. God used the Hebrews to tell us about Himself, and at that time the church was so anti Hebrew they killed Jews. So we have to watch that translation for that.
The only true word of God is the original language used by God, and what that language meant at the time God gave His words to man. Every single translation is only man doing the best they can to listen to God, and every translation is in error. The best way to judge it is to study what the translators knew about the original language, and also the text they used to translate from. We don't have an actual original any more.
So with all this information we CAN know, we can know for sure that we can't trust any translation completely, and the KJV is probably way down the list of what can be trusted best. Too many years went by from original writing when it was done, and there was too little knowledge of the people God used to first give His words to. It is good, they listened to the Holy Spirit, but it still lacks.
We know that it was only Hebrew men that God used to breath his word to at first, even when those men used different languages to first record God. Luke is the only one who wasn't, and some say he was half Hebrew.
We also can know that man, no matter how man tries to listen to only God, is influenced by the thoughts he has. We can know some of the thoughts of the men God used to translate the KJV by studying how the church was at that time and what their traditions were. This version was printed in 1611, that many years separated them from even Christ. God used the Hebrews to tell us about Himself, and at that time the church was so anti Hebrew they killed Jews. So we have to watch that translation for that.
The only true word of God is the original language used by God, and what that language meant at the time God gave His words to man. Every single translation is only man doing the best they can to listen to God, and every translation is in error. The best way to judge it is to study what the translators knew about the original language, and also the text they used to translate from. We don't have an actual original any more.
So with all this information we CAN know, we can know for sure that we can't trust any translation completely, and the KJV is probably way down the list of what can be trusted best. Too many years went by from original writing when it was done, and there was too little knowledge of the people God used to first give His words to. It is good, they listened to the Holy Spirit, but it still lacks.