KJV:
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
NASB:
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
KJV:
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
NASB:
The Lord sends a message against Jacob, And it falls on Israel.
KJV:
This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
NASB:
This is the word which the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
KJV:
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
NASB:
The earth will be completely laid waste and completely despoiled, for the LORD has spoken this word.
KJV:
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
NASB:
So the word of the LORD to them will be, "Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there," That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared and taken captive.
KJV:
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
NASB:
Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
KJV:
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
NASB:
The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, "Please read this," he will say, "I cannot, for it is sealed."
KJV:
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
NASB:
On that day the deaf will hear words of a book, And out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
KJV:
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
NASB:
Who cause a person to be indicted by a word, And ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.