KJV:
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
NASB:
Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
KJV:
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
NASB:
"Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity!
KJV:
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
NASB:
"Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it, Nor can silver be weighed as its price.
KJV:
Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
NASB:
Let Him weigh me with accurate scales, And let God know my integrity.
KJV:
Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
NASB:
Your heart will meditate on terror: "Where is he who counts? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?"
KJV:
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
NASB:
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales?
KJV:
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
NASB:
"Those who lavish gold from the purse And weigh silver on the scale Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; They bow down, indeed they worship it.
KJV:
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
NASB:
"Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance.