KJV:
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
NASB:
"You must not turn aside, for then you would go after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile.
KJV:
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
NASB:
"Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which are not profitable?
KJV:
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
NASB:
'Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?'
KJV:
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
NASB:
"They break up my path, They profit from my destruction; No one restrains them.
KJV:
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
NASB:
"For you say, 'What advantage will it be to You? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?'
KJV:
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
NASB:
Ill-gotten gains do not profit, But righteousness delivers from death.
KJV:
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
NASB:
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
KJV:
They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
NASB:
"Everyone will be ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them, Who are not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach."
KJV:
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
NASB:
The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev. Through a land of distress and anguish, From where come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent, They carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys And their treasures on camels' humps, To a people who cannot profit them;