KJV:
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
NASB:
Do not say, "Why is it that the former days were better than these?" For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.
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:
Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
NASB:
But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.
KJV:
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
NASB:
"Who has performed and accomplished it, Calling forth the generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am the first, and with the last. I am He.'"
KJV:
Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
NASB:
Let them bring forth and declare to us what is going to take place; As for the former events, declare what they were, That we may consider them and know their outcome. Or announce to us what is coming;
KJV:
The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
NASB:
"Formerly I said to Zion, 'Behold, here they are.' And to Jerusalem, 'I will give a messenger of good news.'
KJV:
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
NASB:
"Behold, the former things have come to pass, Now I declare new things; Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you."
KJV:
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
NASB:
All the nations have gathered together So that the peoples may be assembled. Who among them can declare this And proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses that they may be justified, Or let them hear and say, "It is true."