KJV:
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
NASB:
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.
KJV:
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
NASB:
Scorners set a city aflame, But wise men turn away anger.
KJV:
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
NASB:
How the faithful city has become a harlot, She who was full of justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, But now murderers.
KJV:
And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
NASB:
"Then I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning; After that you will be called the city of righteousness, A faithful city."
KJV:
Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
NASB:
You who were full of noise, You boisterous town, you exultant city; Your slain were not slain with the sword, Nor did they die in battle.
KJV:
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
NASB:
The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that none may enter.
KJV:
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
NASB:
For You have made a city into a heap, A fortified city into a ruin; A palace of strangers is a city no more, It will never be rebuilt.
KJV:
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
NASB:
Therefore a strong people will glorify You; Cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
KJV:
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
NASB:
"For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the unassailable city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.