KJV:
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
NASB:
"Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
KJV:
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
NASB:
"For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his life?
KJV:
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
NASB:
For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns the LORD.
KJV:
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
NASB:
So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.
KJV:
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
NASB:
He who profits illicitly troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.
KJV:
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
NASB:
So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, "I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of his haughtiness."
KJV:
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
NASB:
"Like a shepherd's tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me; As a weaver I rolled up my life. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me.
KJV:
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
NASB:
"For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely.
KJV:
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
NASB:
"Therefore I will give their wives to others, Their fields to new owners; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is greedy for gain; From the prophet even to the priest Everyone practices deceit.
KJV:
The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
NASB:
The LORD has done what He purposed; He has accomplished His word Which He commanded from days of old. He has thrown down without sparing, And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; He has exalted the might of your adversaries.