KJV:
To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
NASB:
to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established for them, and just as they had established for themselves and for their descendants with instructions for their times of fasting and their lamentations.
KJV:
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
NASB:
Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
KJV:
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
NASB:
So the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life."
KJV:
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
NASB:
"Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul,
KJV:
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
NASB:
"My soul refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me.
KJV:
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
NASB:
"Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
KJV:
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
NASB:
So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.
KJV:
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
NASB:
"I am guiltless; I do not take notice of myself; I despise my life.