KJV:
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
NASB:
"Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
KJV:
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
NASB:
"Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
KJV:
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
NASB:
So the LORD cuts off head and tail from Israel, Both palm branch and bulrush in a single day.
KJV:
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
NASB:
There will be no work for Egypt Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do.
KJV:
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
NASB:
"Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing one's head like a reed And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the LORD?