KJV:
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
NASB:
The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor, The wicked does not understand such concern.
KJV:
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
NASB:
If a ruler pays attention to falsehood, All his ministers become wicked.
KJV:
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
NASB:
When the wicked increase, transgression increases; But the righteous will see their fall.
KJV:
An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
NASB:
An unjust man is abominable to the righteous, And he who is upright in the way is abominable to the wicked.
KJV:
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
NASB:
I said to myself, "God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man," for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.
KJV:
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
NASB:
I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.
KJV:
And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
NASB:
So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out from the holy place, and they are soon forgotten in the city where they did thus. This too is futility.
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:
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
NASB:
There is futility which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked. On the other hand, there are evil men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I say that this too is futility.