KJV:
Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
NASB:
Esther had not yet made known her kindred or her people, even as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther did what Mordecai told her as she had done when under his care.
KJV:
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
NASB:
Now it came about on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace in front of the king's rooms, and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the throne room, opposite the entrance to the palace.
KJV:
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
NASB:
"So the helpless has hope, And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.
KJV:
For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
NASB:
"Indeed, you have now become such, You see a terror and are afraid.
KJV:
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
NASB:
"Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?
KJV:
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
NASB:
'I should have been as though I had not been, Carried from womb to tomb.'
KJV:
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
NASB:
"For you have said, 'My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.'