KJV:
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
NASB:
Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps.
KJV:
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
NASB:
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart is appalled within me.
KJV:
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
NASB:
Do not let them depart from your sight; Keep them in the midst of your heart.
KJV:
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
NASB:
"I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."
KJV:
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
NASB:
"I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,
KJV:
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
NASB:
A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, And will share in the inheritance among brothers.
KJV:
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
NASB:
Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
KJV:
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
NASB:
"He made its posts of silver, Its back of gold And its seat of purple fabric, With its interior lovingly fitted out By the daughters of Jerusalem.
KJV:
And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
NASB:
He dug it all around, removed its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it And also hewed out a wine vat in it; Then He expected it to produce good grapes, But it produced only worthless ones.
KJV:
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
NASB:
Then I said, "Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts."