KJV:
Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
NASB:
Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to Him, "Take away all iniquity And receive us graciously, That we may present the fruit of our lips.
KJV:
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
NASB:
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, And the righteous will walk in them, But transgressors will stumble in them.
KJV:
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
NASB:
The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:
KJV:
The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
NASB:
The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off From the house of the LORD. The priests mourn, The ministers of the LORD.
KJV:
Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
NASB:
Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD.
KJV:
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
NASB:
Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
KJV:
O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
NASB:
To You, O LORD, I cry; For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.
KJV:
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
NASB:
Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of the LORD is coming; Surely it is near,