KJV:
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
NASB:
To make you know the certainty of the words of truth That you may correctly answer him who sent you?
KJV:
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
NASB:
Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge.
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:
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
NASB:
Who has declared this from the beginning, that we might know? Or from former times, that we may say, "He is right!"? Surely there was no one who declared, Surely there was no one who proclaimed, Surely there was no one who heard your words.
KJV:
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
NASB:
Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.