Before I got saved, I was reading a modern Catholic version of the Bible. I knew nothing, just that I wanted a translation that I could read, and I got it in a regular bookstore. However, I could not understand what it was about. I kept putting circles around things I did not understand and question marks in the margins. That New American Bible was one of the best translations I have ever read. I do not read it because I did not like the RCC study comments. But when I took New Testament Survey, we had to read the Intertestimental books to gain a little knowledge about the history between Malachi and Matthew. After I was saved, I understood what the Bible was about, because I had met the author of the book!
God just told me he was the Saviour of the world and that I would serve him. And I did! About 30 or so years later, I realized that he was paraphrasing John 3:16. Imagine that, God paraphrasing, putting it into the simpliest language so I could live understand.
God saves us, not a book! But God does use many things to save us, and that can include a Bible. In Muslim countries, God uses visions and dreams to save people. My World Religions professor was on Sabbatical from being a missionary in Indonesia. He said he would develop relationships with the people, and then they would come to him with a dream they had about Jesus, and he would lead them to the Lord.
Oh, they never read the KJV, because they spoke Indonesian. And God saved them, anyway! Fancy that!