KJV:
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
NASB:
They say, "How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?"
KJV:
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
NASB:
"Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, Where do you pasture your flock, Where do you make it lie down at noon? For why should I be like one who veils herself Beside the flocks of your companions?"
KJV:
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
NASB:
"I have taken off my dress, How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet, How can I dirty them again?
KJV:
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
NASB:
How the faithful city has become a harlot, She who was full of justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, But now murderers.
KJV:
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
NASB:
"How can you say, 'We are wise, And the law of the LORD is with us'? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie.
KJV:
All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
NASB:
"Mourn for him, all you who live around him, Even all of you who know his name; Say, 'How has the mighty scepter been broken, A staff of splendor!'
KJV:
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
NASB:
How lonely sits the city That was full of people! She has become like a widow Who was once great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces Has become a forced laborer!
KJV:
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
NASB:
How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He has cast from heaven to earth The glory of Israel, And has not remembered His footstool In the day of His anger.