Why did King James reinterpret the Bible?

Answer 1

James got scholars to translate The Bible from Greek and Hebrew into English. The Bible was in those two languages back then, and if you didn't read those two languages, you couldn't read the Bible. James made the Bible available to English speaking peoples with his translation. If you could read it for yourself, you could find out if what the Church was teaching was actually IN the Bible. That couldn't happen before the translation because people couldn't read those two languages.

The Bible was first translated into English by John Wycliffe in 1382, unfortunately from the catholic Latin Vulgate (the only source material available to him).

The King James Bible though was an improvement upon earlier English translations, that had as their primary source Greek and Hebrew manuscripts received and used down through the entire Christian History dating to the first century. Copies of the manuscripts and translations into languages were spread throughout the world by the missionary undertakings of godly men who did so in obedience to the Lord's great commission. By comparing all these things the scholars commissioned by King James could be certain that the translation would be accurate.

Aside from type setting errors (please remember the printing of books was a relatively recent enterprise) and the need to standardise the spelling and grammar, the King James Bible of today is a Word for Word copy of the 1611 first edition King James Bible. Please be aware, modern versions do not have this same pedigree.