KJV:
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
NASB:
The oracle concerning Edom. One keeps calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone is the night?"
KJV:
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
NASB:
Therefore in that day the Lord GOD of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.
KJV:
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
NASB:
"Then it will come about in that day, That I will summon My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
KJV:
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
NASB:
The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, "Please read this," he will say, "I cannot, for it is sealed."
KJV:
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
NASB:
Then the book will be given to the one who is illiterate, saying, "Please read this." And he will say, "I cannot read."
KJV:
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
NASB:
Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty. Therefore, I have called her "Rahab who has been exterminated."
KJV:
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
NASB:
For thus says the LORD to me, "As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey, Against which a band of shepherds is called out, And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise, So will the LORD of hosts come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill."
KJV:
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
NASB:
No longer will the fool be called noble, Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.
KJV:
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
NASB:
Its nobles-- there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king-- And all its princes will be nothing.
KJV:
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
NASB:
The desert creatures will meet with the wolves, The hairy goat also will cry to its kind; Yes, the night monster will settle there And will find herself a resting place.