KJV:
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
NASB:
His priests fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep.
KJV:
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
NASB:
They slay the widow and the stranger And murder the orphans.
KJV:
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
NASB:
Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow.
KJV:
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
NASB:
The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.
KJV:
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
NASB:
The LORD will tear down the house of the proud, But He will establish the boundary of the widow.
KJV:
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
NASB:
Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow.
KJV:
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
NASB:
Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, Nor does the widow's plea come before them.
KJV:
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
NASB:
Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in their young men, Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows; For every one of them is godless and an evildoer, And every mouth is speaking foolishness. In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out.
KJV:
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
NASB:
So as to deprive the needy of justice And rob the poor of My people of their rights, So that widows may be their spoil And that they may plunder the orphans.
KJV:
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
NASB:
Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers And jackals in their luxurious palaces. Her fateful time also will soon come And her days will not be prolonged.