KJV:
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
NASB:
So I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?"
KJV:
And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
NASB:
These were they who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon and Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses or their descendants, whether they were of Israel:
KJV:
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
NASB:
Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish origin, you will not overcome him, but will surely fall before him."
KJV:
For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
NASB:
"For how can I endure to see the calamity which will befall my people, and how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?"
KJV:
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
NASB:
"If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?
KJV:
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
NASB:
"For calamity from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty I can do nothing.