KJV:
They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.
NASB:
They say to their mothers, "Where is grain and wine?" As they faint like a wounded man In the streets of the city, As their life is poured out On their mothers' bosom.
KJV:
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
NASB:
We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.
KJV:
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
NASB:
and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem, "Your origin and your birth are from the land of the Canaanite, your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
KJV:
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
NASB:
"Behold, everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb concerning you, saying, 'Like mother, like daughter.'
KJV:
Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
NASB:
"You are the daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and children. You are also the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
KJV:
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
NASB:
and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.
KJV:
Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
NASB:
'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, Planted by the waters; It was fruitful and full of branches Because of abundant waters.
KJV:
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
NASB:
"For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the household idols, he looks at the liver.