It was meant to; the language of the King James Version was archaic and formal even in its own time, and for precisely the reason you mention. Of course, it's b

It was meant to; the language of the King James Version was archaic and formal even in its own time, and for precisely the reason you mention. Of course, it's become so ingrained in our culture that the language of the KJV sounds religious precisely because it's the language of the KJV.