KJV:
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
NASB:
These are the records of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, when seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.
KJV:
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
NASB:
So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, "The land through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size.
KJV:
And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
NASB:
As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land and who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report concerning the land,
KJV:
Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
NASB:
even those men who brought out the very bad report of the land died by a plague before the LORD.
KJV:
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
NASB:
For I have heard the slander of many, Terror is on every side; While they took counsel together against me, They schemed to take away my life.
KJV:
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
NASB:
He who conceals hatred has lying lips, And he who spreads slander is a fool.
KJV:
Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
NASB:
Or he who hears it will reproach you, And the evil report about you will not pass away.
KJV:
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
NASB:
For I have heard the whispering of many, "Terror on every side! Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!" All my trusted friends, Watching for my fall, say: "Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him And take our revenge on him."