KJV:
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
NASB:
So the king said to me, "Why is your face sad though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart." Then I was very much afraid.
KJV:
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
NASB:
I said to the king, "Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?"
KJV:
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
NASB:
So I reprimanded the officials and said, "Why is the house of God forsaken?" Then I gathered them together and restored them to their posts.
KJV:
Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
NASB:
Then I warned them and said to them, "Why do you spend the night in front of the wall? If you do so again, I will use force against you." From that time on they did not come on the sabbath.
KJV:
Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
NASB:
Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai, "Why are you transgressing the king's command?"
KJV:
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
NASB:
"Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck?
KJV:
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
NASB:
"Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes?
KJV:
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
NASB:
"As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?