> The translators of the King James Bible themselves, specifically and without ambiguity stated in the introduction to the KJV that it's important for scholars

> The translators of the King James Bible themselves, specifically and without ambiguity stated in the introduction to the KJV that it's important for scholars to update the texts from time to time to allow current culture to understand what ancient writers meant. Wow, I don't think I had seen this before. I think you're probably referring to this section: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Preface#%C2%A77_The_translation_of_the_Old_Testament_out_of_the_Hebrew_into_Greek https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Preface#%C... Or maybe even further https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Preface#%C2%A711_The_speeches_and_reasons,_both_of_our_brethren_and_of_our_adversaries,_against_this_work https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Preface#%C... https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Preface#%C2%A712_A_satisfaction_to_our_brethren https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Preface#%C... > Yet for all that, as nothing is begun and perfected at the same time, and the later thoughts are thought to be the wiser: so, if we building upon their foundation that went before us, and being holpen by their labours, do endeavour to make that better which they left so good, no man, we are sure, hath cause to mislike us; they, we persuade ourselves, if they were alive, would thank us. (I didn't realize that the Preface had so much discussion of the history of Bible translation!)