KJV:
Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
NASB:
Then said Esther, "If it pleases the king, let tomorrow also be granted to the Jews who are in Susa to do according to the edict of today; and let Haman's ten sons be hanged on the gallows."
KJV:
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
NASB:
But when it came to the king's attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
KJV:
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
NASB:
"For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.
KJV:
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
NASB:
"He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.
KJV:
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
NASB:
"A mother will forget him; The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered. And wickedness will be broken like a tree.
KJV:
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
NASB:
"He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.
KJV:
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
NASB:
He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.
KJV:
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
NASB:
It seems as if one had lifted up His axe in a forest of trees.