Remember that Bible English is God's use of English, so it is different to just "normal" English. But if you look into it, you will see that Bible English is exact and precise. The use of any particular word in any form in the King James Bible is entirely accurate, and is hardly understood by even those who read it every day.
There distinction in plurals (thou, thee, thy, thine = one person; ye, you, your, yours = more than one person)
There is a distinction between the subject and the object. The subject is the doer, the object is the recipient of the action. It is "ye" who praise God, and it is "you" whom God blesses, etc.
The grammar on verbs, such as "do", "doth", "doeth", "didst", "diddest", etc. matches up with the tense as well as the voice (grammar stuff).
"Yea" and "Nay" are normally used, but "Yes" and "No" are used when the question is asked in the negative form, such as, "But I say, Have they not heard?" the answer is "Yes verily", because to answer "yea" would be to agree with the negative, i.e. that they have not heard.
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