KJV:
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
NASB:
And Abraham replied, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes.
KJV:
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
NASB:
And he said, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the twenty."
KJV:
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
NASB:
Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
KJV:
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
NASB:
Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to expound this law, saying,
KJV:
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
NASB:
Joshua said, "Alas, O Lord GOD, why did You ever bring this people over the Jordan, only to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? If only we had been willing to dwell beyond the Jordan!
KJV:
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
NASB:
But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land.
KJV:
Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
NASB:
But Manasseh did not take possession of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; so the Canaanites persisted in living in that land.
KJV:
But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
NASB:
yet the Amorites persisted in living in Mount Heres, in Aijalon and in Shaalbim; but when the power of the house of Joseph grew strong, they became forced labor.
KJV:
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
NASB:
The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.
KJV:
And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
NASB:
So both of them sat down and ate and drank together; and the girl's father said to the man, "Please be willing to spend the night, and let your heart be merry."