Since the KJV DIDN'T COME ALONG UNTIL 1611, and the Douay-Rhiems was 1582, Martin Luther, who died in 1546 wouldn't have known about either version.
Luther produced his own translation in German from the Latin Vulgate - introduced aroound 400 a.d.
Luther produced his own translation in German from the Latin Vulgate - introduced aroound 400 a.d.
But the KJV Only sect keeps telling others that the KJV is God's only translation!
I used to work for a German chef (world renown). He is a Christian.
At one time there was a dispute going on with some of his staff concerning the pastor I decided best to learn from.
Those on his staff were a part of the Bible college. The same one I also attended and graduated from.
Word got out that I left the ministry to learn from a pastor of my choice.
They started bad mouthing my pastor... not knowing that the one they listened had also studied from my pastor.
One day when we were alone in the kitchen, the chef began discussing with me my pastor.
I explained how my pastor teaches from the original languages, and that what these students were getting,
was from the KJV, which glosses over and waters down (and is too timid) to say what is actually found in the Hebrew or Greek.
I showed him one example of how the KJV was a flowery and timid translation.
To my surprise, he walked over to a shelf in the kitchen and pulled down his Luther Bible in the German.
He looked up the verse I had just given him with a corrected translation from my pastor.
He read it in the German.
After a pause...
He looked up, and told me....
"Your pastor is correct!"
That was only one lesson of verification of the weaknesses of the KJV I learned that day.
My pastor almost always began each daily class by citing from the KJV.
He taught six nights a week....
After being shown way too many weaknesses in the KJV to doubt it any more, I just kept on moving forward.
I had to purchase a small library of reference books, and also had access to two different Bible college libraries to
verify what I was taught when need be. After some time of finding out that my pastor's teaching was highly reliable,
I learned to rest and to trust him accordingly.
Too much in the King James is "flowery and blushing," unable to declare what the Hebrew and Greek boldly states.
.... And, best of all. What was translated finally made sense to real people!
Enuf said....
Having been Jewish I did not grow up in a Christian home. I do not live in a sheltered world that so many Christians have.
I realized that the KJV can make those who wish to remain living sheltered lives, not to to feel uncomfortable.
So be it...
grace and peace!