KJV:
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
NASB:
For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.
KJV:
For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
NASB:
For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes,
KJV:
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
NASB:
For He who said, "DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY," also said, "DO NOT COMMIT MURDER." Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
KJV:
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
NASB:
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.
KJV:
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
NASB:
You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.
KJV:
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
NASB:
In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
KJV:
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
NASB:
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
KJV:
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
NASB:
For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.
KJV:
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
NASB:
Now if we put the bits into the horses' mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.
KJV:
Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
NASB:
Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires.