KJV:
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
NASB:
Her consecrated ones were purer than snow, They were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than corals, Their polishing was like lapis lazuli.
KJV:
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
NASB:
Their appearance is blacker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones, It is withered, it has become like wood.
KJV:
They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
NASB:
Better are those slain with the sword Than those slain with hunger; For they pine away, being stricken For lack of the fruits of the field.
KJV:
For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
NASB:
Because of the sins of her prophets And the iniquities of her priests, Who have shed in her midst The blood of the righteous;
KJV:
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
NASB:
They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come.
KJV:
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
NASB:
Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
KJV:
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
NASB:
We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.