KJV:
Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
NASB:
Then Huram continued, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who will build a house for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
KJV:
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
NASB:
"Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding,
KJV:
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
NASB:
the son of a Danite woman and a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone and wood, and in purple, violet, linen and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to execute any design which may be assigned to him, to work with your skilled men and with those of my lord David your father.
KJV:
Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
NASB:
Then the king said to the wise men who understood the times-- for it was the custom of the king so to speak before all who knew law and justice
KJV:
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
NASB:
Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish origin, you will not overcome him, but will surely fall before him."
KJV:
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
NASB:
"He captures the wise by their own shrewdness, And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.
KJV:
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
NASB:
"Wise in heart and mighty in strength, Who has defied Him without harm?