Yes, by doing so we are following King James tradition. Did you know that the translators preface to the KJV quotes scripture 14 times, each time from the Geneva Bible. If it can quote other bibles, so can you. We must sometimes get away from the Authorized Version, if for no other reason, simply because it is so beautiful and so solemn. Beauty exalts, but beauty also lulls.
Early associations endear, but they also confuse.