KJV:
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
NASB:
He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle's daughter, for she had no father or mother. Now the young lady was beautiful of form and face, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.
KJV:
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
NASB:
Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
KJV:
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
NASB:
"In famine He will redeem you from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
KJV:
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
NASB:
So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.
KJV:
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
NASB:
"His skin is devoured by disease, The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
KJV:
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
NASB:
"His survivors will be buried because of the plague, And their widows will not be able to weep.
KJV:
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
NASB:
"Abaddon and Death say, 'With our ears we have heard a report of it.'
KJV:
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
NASB:
"For I know that You will bring me to death And to the house of meeting for all living.