KJV:
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
NASB:
'Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun.'"
KJV:
Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
NASB:
"However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die."
KJV:
Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
NASB:
Then his servants said to him, "What is this thing that you have done? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept; but when the child died, you arose and ate food."
KJV:
And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
NASB:
But she answered him, "No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful thing!
KJV:
And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
NASB:
But she said to him, "No, because this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you have done to me!" Yet he would not listen to her.
KJV:
Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
NASB:
Then he called his young man who attended him and said, "Now throw this woman out of my presence, and lock the door behind her."
KJV:
And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
NASB:
Then Absalom her brother said to her, "Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now keep silent, my sister, he is your brother; do not take this matter to heart." So Tamar remained and was desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
KJV:
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
NASB:
then go to the king and speak to him in this manner." So Joab put the words in her mouth.
KJV:
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
NASB:
The woman said, "Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.