KJV:
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
NASB:
"Bad, bad," says the buyer, But when he goes his way, then he boasts.
KJV:
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
NASB:
Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
KJV:
I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
NASB:
I bought male and female slaves and I had homeborn slaves. Also I possessed flocks and herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.
KJV:
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
NASB:
"An ox knows its owner, And a donkey its master's manger, But Israel does not know, My people do not understand."
KJV:
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
NASB:
Then it will happen on that day that the Lord Will again recover the second time with His hand The remnant of His people, who will remain, From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, And from the islands of the sea.
KJV:
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
NASB:
And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor.
KJV:
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
NASB:
"You have bought Me not sweet cane with money, Nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices; Rather you have burdened Me with your sins, You have wearied Me with your iniquities.
KJV:
Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
NASB:
Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water."