Thus, mosiah 14 had to have been copied from the king james bible. The book of mormon claims to be an english translation from a text on gold plates. The best confirmation that the book of mormon used the kjv bible is the. Fairmormons response to presence of 1769 kjv errors in book of mormon. Does the book of mormon preserve king james version translation errors. Doesnt the book of mormon blatently plagiarize the king james bible. If the book of mormon is an accurate translation, why would it contain translational errors that exist in the king james bible. While joseph smith described the book of mormon as a translation of text written on golden plates, smith had not. Kjv translation errors as found in the book of mormon.