KJV:
I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
NASB:
I say, "Keep the command of the king because of the oath before God.
KJV:
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
NASB:
Since the word of the king is authoritative, who will say to him, "What are you doing?"
KJV:
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
NASB:
There was a small city with few men in it and a great king came to it, surrounded it and constructed large siegeworks against it.
KJV:
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
NASB:
Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.
KJV:
Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
NASB:
Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time-- for strength and not for drunkenness.
KJV:
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
NASB:
Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known.
KJV:
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
NASB:
"Draw me after you and let us run together! The king has brought me into his chambers." "We will rejoice in you and be glad; We will extol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you."
KJV:
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
NASB:
"While the king was at his table, My perfume gave forth its fragrance.
KJV:
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
NASB:
"King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chair From the timber of Lebanon.
KJV:
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
NASB:
"Go forth, O daughters of Zion, And gaze on King Solomon with the crown With which his mother has crowned him On the day of his wedding, And on the day of his gladness of heart."