KJV:
Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
NASB:
Then the king said to Haman, "Take quickly the robes and the horse as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king's gate; do not fall short in anything of all that you have said."
KJV:
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
NASB:
Therefore the Jews of the rural areas, who live in the rural towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a holiday for rejoicing and feasting and sending portions of food to one another.
KJV:
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
NASB:
And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.
KJV:
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
NASB:
Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
KJV:
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
NASB:
"He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins.
KJV:
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
NASB:
"But the earth belongs to the mighty man, And the honorable man dwells in it.
KJV:
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
NASB:
"Others have been with those who rebel against the light; They do not want to know its ways Nor abide in its paths.
KJV:
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
NASB:
"I chose a way for them and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king among the troops, As one who comforted the mourners.