KJV:
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
NASB:
"For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the unassailable city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.
KJV:
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
NASB:
At night my soul longs for You, Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; For when the earth experiences Your judgments The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
KJV:
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
NASB:
We were pregnant, we writhed in labor, We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind. We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth, Nor were inhabitants of the world born.
KJV:
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
NASB:
For behold, the LORD is about to come out from His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; And the earth will reveal her bloodshed And will no longer cover her slain.
KJV:
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
NASB:
A spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment, A strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
KJV:
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
NASB:
O people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you.
KJV:
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
NASB:
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness And righteousness will abide in the fertile field.
KJV:
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
NASB:
Then my people will live in a peaceful habitation, And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places;
KJV:
And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
NASB:
And no resident will say, "I am sick"; The people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.
KJV:
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
NASB:
But Rabshakeh said, "Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?"