KJV:
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
NASB:
Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother, My soul is like a weaned child within me.
KJV:
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
NASB:
She is more precious than jewels; And nothing you desire compares with her.
KJV:
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
NASB:
"For wisdom is better than jewels; And all desirable things cannot compare with her.
KJV:
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
NASB:
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him.
KJV:
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
NASB:
A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike;
KJV:
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
NASB:
Does he not level its surface And sow dill and scatter cummin And plant wheat in rows, Barley in its place and rye within its area?
KJV:
I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
NASB:
"I composed my soul until morning. Like a lion-- so He breaks all my bones, From day until night You make an end of me.
KJV:
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
NASB:
"To whom then will you liken Me That I would be his equal?" says the Holy One.
KJV:
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
NASB:
"To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we would be alike?
KJV:
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
NASB:
How shall I admonish you? To what shall I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I liken you as I comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea; Who can heal you?