KJV:
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
NASB:
"You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.
KJV:
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
NASB:
"You will laugh at violence and famine, And you will not be afraid of wild beasts.
KJV:
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
NASB:
"Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs."
KJV:
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
NASB:
The violence of the wicked will drag them away, Because they refuse to act with justice.
KJV:
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
NASB:
For their minds devise violence, And their lips talk of trouble.
KJV:
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
NASB:
Wail, for the day of the LORD is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
KJV:
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
NASB:
"Let the outcasts of Moab stay with you; Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer." For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased, Oppressors have completely disappeared from the land.
KJV:
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
NASB:
Therefore I say, "Turn your eyes away from me, Let me weep bitterly, Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people."
KJV:
These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
NASB:
These two things have befallen you; Who will mourn for you? The devastation and destruction, famine and sword; How shall I comfort you?
KJV:
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
NASB:
Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways.