Jerrell, I used to be in that boat for a good long while. Matter in fact, I still prefer the KJV as my bible of choice to study from, mainly because modern English doesn't have a distinction between you plural/singular and we don't have a verb tense like est/eth. I've delved into the history, and at first I was on the KJV only side of things, but as I researched, I learned more and more holes with that approach. For one, you claim the dead sea scrolls are more like the KJV as opposed to the "modern" translations. This is true, but the dead sea scrolls even more accurately line up with the Septuagint.
The Truth I've found through a few years of research led me straight to the Orthodox Church. Why, you ask? Because whenever I interpret scripture, how do I know it isn't my proud self making the interpretation? With Orthodoxy, we have the Traditions (with a capital T) of the church from the age of persecution, onto combating the heresies during the Ecumenical Councils all the way up to today. We have the writings of the Desert Fathers, the multiple volumes of the Early Church Fathers, and most importantly, we have a Father at our parish we can ask directly that can answer our questions.
The scriptures can only be understood through the light of the Tradition. We don't find splits in Protestant churches because a church doesn't agree with the bible, but because two or more interpretations come from the same scripture. The only we can know what interpretation is correct is through the Traditions of the Church.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.
