From a cultural / literary / symbolic perspective, reading the KJV makes the most sense. Most allusions and quotes are to this specific version. Shakespeare didn't use it, but almost everyone after him did. Getting the most precise original meaning is important for scholars and theologians, but for most people it's more important to read the text that will connect to the most nodes in their cultural canonical graph.

OP specifically indicates he wanted to read it because of its high valency with other texts he had read, so his choice makes sense.