KJV:
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
NASB:
Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?
KJV:
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
NASB:
She is now in the streets, now in the squares, And lurks by every corner.
KJV:
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
NASB:
While He had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust of the world.
KJV:
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
NASB:
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!"
KJV:
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
NASB:
Prepare your work outside And make it ready for yourself in the field; Afterwards, then, build your house.
KJV:
For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
NASB:
For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without Him?
KJV:
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
NASB:
"Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either.
KJV:
Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
NASB:
On this account the anger of the LORD has burned against His people, And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down. And the mountains quaked, and their corpses lay like refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this His anger is not spent, But His hand is still stretched out.
KJV:
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
NASB:
I send it against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My fury To capture booty and to seize plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
KJV:
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
NASB:
In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth; On their housetops and in their squares Everyone is wailing, dissolved in tears.