KJV:
Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
NASB:
"You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.
KJV:
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
NASB:
So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.
KJV:
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
NASB:
"How then can I answer Him, And choose my words before Him?
KJV:
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
NASB:
"For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty.
KJV:
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
NASB:
"I chose a way for them and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king among the troops, As one who comforted the mourners.
KJV:
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
NASB:
"Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us know among ourselves what is good.
KJV:
Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
NASB:
"Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it? For you must choose, and not I; Therefore declare what you know.
KJV:
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
NASB:
"Be careful, do not turn to evil, For you have preferred this to affliction.