KJV:
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
NASB:
'Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, In due time their foot will slip; For the day of their calamity is near, And the impending things are hastening upon them.'
KJV:
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
NASB:
A copy of the edict to be issued as law in every province was published to all the peoples so that they should be ready for this day.
KJV:
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
NASB:
A copy of the edict to be issued as law in each and every province was published to all the peoples, so that the Jews would be ready for this day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
KJV:
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
NASB:
"Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.
KJV:
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
NASB:
"Distress and anguish terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
KJV:
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
NASB:
For he has said, "By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this, For I have understanding; And I removed the boundaries of the peoples And plundered their treasures, And like a mighty man I brought down their inhabitants,