KJV:
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
NASB:
Do not forgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have demoralized the builders.
KJV:
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
NASB:
So we built the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
KJV:
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
NASB:
Thus in Judah it was said, "The strength of the burden bearers is failing, Yet there is much rubbish; And we ourselves are unable To rebuild the wall."
KJV:
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
NASB:
Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens took their load with one hand doing the work and the other holding a weapon.
KJV:
For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
NASB:
As for the builders, each wore his sword girded at his side as he built, while the trumpeter stood near me.
KJV:
Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
NASB:
Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, and that no breach remained in it, although at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates,
KJV:
Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
NASB:
In it was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel; therefore you are rebuilding the wall. And you are to be their king, according to these reports.