KJV:
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
NASB:
He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.
KJV:
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
NASB:
before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain;
KJV:
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
NASB:
"I will lay it waste; It will not be pruned or hoed, But briars and thorns will come up. I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it."
KJV:
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
NASB:
'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'
KJV:
For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
NASB:
For thus the LORD has told me, "I will look from My dwelling place quietly Like dazzling heat in the sunshine, Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
KJV:
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
NASB:
The oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
KJV:
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
NASB:
Like heat in drought, You subdue the uproar of aliens; Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is silenced.
KJV:
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
NASB:
"I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you."
KJV:
Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
NASB:
"Who are these who fly like a cloud And like the doves to their lattices?
KJV:
The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
NASB:
At the sound of the horseman and bowman every city flees; They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks; Every city is forsaken, And no man dwells in them.