American Standard Version (ASV):
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
King James Version (KJV):
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
King James Version (KJV):
[Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where [is] he?
American Standard Version (ASV):
Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;
King James Version (KJV):
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
American Standard Version (ASV):
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
King James Version (KJV):
That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?
American Standard Version (ASV):
Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
King James Version (KJV):
Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
American Standard Version (ASV):
I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
King James Version (KJV):
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.
King James Version (KJV):
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for [this] I make haste.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
King James Version (KJV):
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
American Standard Version (ASV):
Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.
King James Version (KJV):
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there is] a judgment.
American Standard Version (ASV):
If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;
King James Version (KJV):
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?