KJV:
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
NASB:
My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass.
KJV:
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
NASB:
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the labor of man, So that he may bring forth food from the earth,
KJV:
And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
NASB:
And ate up all vegetation in their land, And ate up the fruit of their ground.
KJV:
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
NASB:
Thus they exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.
KJV:
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
NASB:
The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass.
KJV:
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
NASB:
When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,
KJV:
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
NASB:
"Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb, As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.
KJV:
I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
NASB:
"I will lay waste the mountains and hills And wither all their vegetation; I will make the rivers into coastlands And dry up the ponds.
KJV:
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
NASB:
How long is the land to mourn And the vegetation of the countryside to wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell in it, Animals and birds have been snatched away, Because men have said, "He will not see our latter ending."