KJV:
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
NASB:
"With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.
KJV:
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
NASB:
Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, At the mountain which God has desired for His abode? Surely the LORD will dwell there forever.
KJV:
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
NASB:
"How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?
KJV:
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
NASB:
Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
KJV:
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
NASB:
The wicked man desires the booty of evil men, But the root of the righteous yields fruit.
KJV:
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
NASB:
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, But a foolish man swallows it up.
KJV:
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
NASB:
"Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I took great delight and sat down, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.
KJV:
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
NASB:
Surely you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you will be embarrassed at the gardens which you have chosen.
KJV:
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
NASB:
Those who fashion a graven image are all of them futile, and their precious things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.
KJV:
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
NASB:
For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.