TooManySystematics
Puritan Board Freshman
Well that assumes that other translations are merited. However, as to translations to be used in our churches (which surely is the point of any translation), then the one authorised by the civil magistrate and adopted by the historic presbyterian church (formally or informally) takes precedence over any private translation that appears every few years.
As to the other question I have no reason to believe that this latest in a long line of translations is superior to any that have gone before but good reason to be very suspicious. It is known that in order to get around copyright each new translation needs to meet a threshold of difference to other translations. This alone casts a shadow over any new translation.
Are particular churches allowed to adopt their own translations and authorize them? If my Synod authorizes the ESV for ecclesiastical use, is that not the same as what the AV had hundreds of years ago?