KJV:
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
NASB:
The path of life leads upward for the wise That he may keep away from Sheol below.
KJV:
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
NASB:
You shall strike him with the rod And rescue his soul from Sheol.
KJV:
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
NASB:
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.
KJV:
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
NASB:
Sheol, and the barren womb, Earth that is never satisfied with water, And fire that never says, "Enough."
KJV:
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
NASB:
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
KJV:
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
NASB:
"Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of the LORD.
KJV:
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
NASB:
Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure; And Jerusalem's splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant within her, descend into it.
KJV:
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
NASB:
"Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven."
KJV:
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
NASB:
"Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come; It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.