KJV:
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
NASB:
Therefore those who use proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established.
KJV:
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
NASB:
"He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes.
KJV:
{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
NASB:
A Psalm of David. To You, O LORD, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit.
KJV:
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
NASB:
But man in his pomp will not endure; He is like the beasts that perish.
KJV:
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
NASB:
Man in his pomp, yet without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish.
KJV:
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
NASB:
Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.
KJV:
All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
NASB:
"They will all respond and say to you, 'Even you have been made weak as we, You have become like us.
KJV:
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
NASB:
"To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we would be alike?
KJV:
Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
NASB:
"Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will make this proverb cease so that they will no longer use it as a proverb in Israel." But tell them, "The days draw near as well as the fulfillment of every vision.