KJV:
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
NASB:
Then she said, "If it pleases the king and if I have found favor before him and the matter seems proper to the king and I am pleasing in his sight, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.
KJV:
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
NASB:
But when it came to the king's attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
KJV:
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
NASB:
"He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success.
KJV:
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
NASB:
"Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you would wrong me.
KJV:
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
NASB:
The LORD nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
KJV:
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
NASB:
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation.
KJV:
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
NASB:
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count.
KJV:
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
NASB:
All day long they distort my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.