How similar are the KJV and the Reina Valera bibles?
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I did some digging on the subject - there is quite a lot of information to be had, but no direct comparisons between KJV and RVR.
For example,
offers translation comparison statistics, and compares Biblical passages across different Bible versions. As these already have slightly different interpetations in English, I imagine that it is unlikely that any cross-language translation will have much significant impact.
Here is a whole magazine dedicated to the subject of Bible translation:
And this site contains the text for the most popular translations:
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The bilingual Robert Breaker of the cloud church has a lot of material on this topic. You might find some info in his writings:
His view appears to be that there are things he cannot preach in Spanish without a corrected RVR. Such a bible exists however and is called the Valera 1602 purified, or La Valera 1602 Purificada.
In particular here is a chart comparing versions:
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