KJV:
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
NASB:
Take away the dross from the silver, And there comes out a vessel for the smith;
KJV:
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
NASB:
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
KJV:
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
NASB:
He has come against Aiath, He has passed through Migron; At Michmash he deposited his baggage.
KJV:
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
NASB:
They are coming from a far country, From the farthest horizons, The LORD and His instruments of indignation, To destroy the whole land.
KJV:
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
NASB:
Which sends envoys by the sea, Even in papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, To a people feared far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation Whose land the rivers divide.
KJV:
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
NASB:
"So they will hang on him all the glory of his father's house, offspring and issue, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars.
KJV:
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
NASB:
As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He devises wicked schemes To destroy the afflicted with slander, Even though the needy one speaks what is right.
KJV:
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
NASB:
Depart, depart, go out from there, Touch nothing unclean; Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves, You who carry the vessels of the LORD.