KJV:
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
NASB:
"He gives rain on the earth And sends water on the fields,
KJV:
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
NASB:
"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?
KJV:
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
NASB:
"For you would forget your trouble, As waters that have passed by, you would remember it.
KJV:
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
NASB:
"Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.
KJV:
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
NASB:
At the scent of water it will flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant.
KJV:
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
NASB:
"As water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up,
KJV:
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
NASB:
Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You destroy man's hope.
KJV:
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
NASB:
How much less one who is detestable and corrupt, Man, who drinks iniquity like water!