KJV:
And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
NASB:
He sent letters to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, namely, words of peace and truth,
KJV:
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
NASB:
The command of Esther established these customs for Purim, and it was written in the book.
KJV:
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
NASB:
And all the accomplishments of his authority and strength, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
KJV:
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
NASB:
"Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
KJV:
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
NASB:
"Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature; Let the Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my adversary has written,
KJV:
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
NASB:
Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
KJV:
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
NASB:
May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous.
KJV:
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
NASB:
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.
KJV:
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
NASB:
But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body.
KJV:
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
NASB:
The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, "Please read this," he will say, "I cannot, for it is sealed."