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:
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
NASB:
I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust.
KJV:
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
NASB:
The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade on your right hand.
KJV:
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
NASB:
Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow.
KJV:
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
NASB:
For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
KJV:
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
NASB:
For wisdom is protection just as money is protection, But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.
KJV:
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
NASB:
But it will not be well for the evil man and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.
KJV:
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
NASB:
"Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I took great delight and sat down, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.