KJV:
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
NASB:
"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
KJV:
For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
NASB:
For thus says the LORD, "You were sold for nothing and you will be redeemed without money."
KJV:
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
NASB:
"Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost.
KJV:
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
NASB:
"Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance.
KJV:
Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
NASB:
"Surely the coastlands will wait for Me; And the ships of Tarshish will come first, To bring your sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, For the name of the LORD your God, And for the Holy One of Israel because He has glorified you.
KJV:
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
NASB:
"Instead of bronze I will bring gold, And instead of iron I will bring silver, And instead of wood, bronze, And instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your administrators And righteousness your overseers.
KJV:
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
NASB:
They call them rejected silver, Because the LORD has rejected them.
KJV:
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
NASB:
"They decorate it with silver and with gold; They fasten it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter.
KJV:
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
NASB:
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, The work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith; Violet and purple are their clothing; They are all the work of skilled men.