KJV:
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
NASB:
"I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, As to what you will tell him: For I am lovesick."
KJV:
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
NASB:
"Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either.
KJV:
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
NASB:
"I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
KJV:
As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
NASB:
"As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols, Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
KJV:
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
NASB:
And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest, And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped."
KJV:
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
NASB:
Anyone who is found will be thrust through, And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
KJV:
All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
NASB:
All your rulers have fled together, And have been captured without the bow; All of you who were found were taken captive together, Though they had fled far away.
KJV:
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
NASB:
Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter's jar, So ruthlessly shattered That a sherd will not be found among its pieces To take fire from a hearth Or to scoop water from a cistern."
KJV:
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
NASB:
The desert creatures will meet with the wolves, The hairy goat also will cry to its kind; Yes, the night monster will settle there And will find herself a resting place.