KJV:
Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
NASB:
Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. And because of the instructions in this letter, both what they had seen in this regard and what had happened to them,
KJV:
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
NASB:
Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
KJV:
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
NASB:
"Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; Let it wait for light but have none, And let it not see the breaking dawn;
KJV:
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
NASB:
"Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light.
KJV:
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
NASB:
"According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it.
KJV:
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
NASB:
"I have seen the foolish taking root, And I cursed his abode immediately.
KJV:
For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
NASB:
"Indeed, you have now become such, You see a terror and are afraid.
KJV:
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
NASB:
"Remember that my life is but breath; My eye will not again see good.