Derech: Mechon mamre’s Hebrew is from the most authoritative versions of everything. (Keter for tanach where we have it, Kapach for Rambam etc.) As for the JPS, they use the 1917 edition, which while it wasn’t taken from the KJV, it was an imitation and not usually considered a very good one. The 1962 version is widely acknowledged as the good translation. Besides, JPS isn’t exactly conservative, only close enough that it’s hard to tell the difference sometimes.
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