KJV:
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
NASB:
The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.
KJV:
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
NASB:
The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.
KJV:
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
NASB:
From the fruit of a man's mouth he enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is violence.
KJV:
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
NASB:
Good understanding produces favor, But the way of the treacherous is hard.
KJV:
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
NASB:
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, And the treacherous is in the place of the upright.
KJV:
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
NASB:
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
KJV:
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
NASB:
Surely she lurks as a robber, And increases the faithless among men.
KJV:
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
NASB:
Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
KJV:
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
NASB:
A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media; I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused.