KJV:
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
NASB:
"My skin turns black on me, And my bones burn with fever.
KJV:
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
NASB:
I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
KJV:
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
NASB:
For my days have been consumed in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
KJV:
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
NASB:
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
KJV:
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
NASB:
Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.
KJV:
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
NASB:
The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated.
KJV:
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
NASB:
"If it has been put into the fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends and its middle part has been charred, is it then useful for anything?
KJV:
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?
NASB:
"Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into anything. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into anything!
KJV:
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
NASB:
"Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, Boil the flesh well And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned.
KJV:
Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
NASB:
"Then set it empty on its coals So that it may be hot And its bronze may glow And its filthiness may be melted in it, Its rust consumed.