I love the King Jimmy (KJV) as I grew up on it. I believe that familiarity with it gave me an advantage when it came to reading and watching Shakespeare when I got to jr. high and high school. I've even listened extensively in the past to this recording of the Bible by Alexander Scourby, and it is excellent.

This year I'm listening to the Bible in the New Living Translation (NLT) and find the contemporary English of it refreshing. While I appreciate having memorized many passages according to the KJV, I do prefer that people read a Bible version that they can understand. I don't think language should be a barrier to understanding God's Word, and for some, the "THEEs and THOUs" of the 17th-century English of "the Authorized Version" can be off-putting. God and His Word is for today, and today we speak modern English. You don't still talk like the Pilgrims do (unless, perhaps, you are Amish or Mennonite, and I'm not certain they do, or if that's just a stereotype).

Someone said "The best version of the Bible is the one that you will read." The best version is actually the original language versions, but I find some truth in this saying, since most people don't read Greek and Hebrew. And, if you're not big on reading, listen to the Bible. "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."