KJV:
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
NASB:
Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth day when the king's command and edict were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained the mastery over those who hated them.
KJV:
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
NASB:
because on those days the Jews rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
KJV:
Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
NASB:
"It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how, When He overturns them in His anger;
KJV:
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
NASB:
"Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.
KJV:
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
NASB:
"All my associates abhor me, And those I love have turned against me.
KJV:
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
NASB:
Yet his food in his stomach is changed To the venom of cobras within him.
KJV:
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
NASB:
"The earth, from it comes food, And underneath it is turned up as fire.
KJV:
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
NASB:
"He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the base.