KJV:
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
NASB:
With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;
KJV:
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
NASB:
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, But the years of the wicked will be shortened.
KJV:
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
NASB:
He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the rod of his fury will perish.
KJV:
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
NASB:
He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.
KJV:
And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
NASB:
It will be even like the reaper gathering the standing grain, As his arm harvests the ears, Or it will be like one gleaning ears of grain In the valley of Rephaim.
KJV:
For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
NASB:
The bed is too short on which to stretch out, And the blanket is too small to wrap oneself in.
KJV:
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
NASB:
"Then this shall be the sign for you: you will eat this year what grows of itself, in the second year what springs from the same, and in the third year sow, reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
KJV:
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
NASB:
"Why was there no man when I came? When I called, why was there none to answer? Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke, I make the rivers a wilderness; Their fish stink for lack of water And die of thirst.
KJV:
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
NASB:
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear.
KJV:
Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
NASB:
Speak, "Thus says the LORD, 'The corpses of men will fall like dung on the open field, And like the sheaf after the reaper, But no one will gather them.'"