Second, new translations are of great value because many translators try to express very old and well-known passages in very new ways. Comparing many different renderings of the same verse add richness to our understanding of the Bible, and can force us to rethink the ways in which we've always read a passage. This doesn't mean we should drop older translations and remove them from our memories, for they too add richness to our understanding of the Bible and the development of our own language. A translation is an attempt to accurately render the Bible into a language other than than in which it was written. A translation can be used by God to communicate His word to those who speak other languages, but it is not inspired in the same way that the originals are.
Most translators undertake the very serious work that they do prayerfully.
If God inspired the original authors of the Bible, surely He must care about the process of editing, canonizing, copying, translating and even interpretting those books. Were the editors, copiers and translators just as inspired as the authors of scripture, they could add, delete or mistranslate as they saw fit. This view clearly devalues scripture and the authority of its authors. A common misconception among Christians is that the Bible is God's revelation to humankind, through which He reveals Himself and His truths. This is, in fact, bibliolotry - the worship of the book itself rather than the God to which it testifies.