KJV:
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
NASB:
Her husband is known in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land.
KJV:
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
NASB:
Her children rise up and bless her; Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
KJV:
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
NASB:
When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on?
KJV:
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
NASB:
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.
KJV:
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
NASB:
For wisdom is protection just as money is protection, But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.
KJV:
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
NASB:
No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it.
KJV:
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
NASB:
If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
KJV:
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
NASB:
The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.
KJV:
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
NASB:
"An ox knows its owner, And a donkey its master's manger, But Israel does not know, My people do not understand."
KJV:
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
NASB:
For the fields of Heshbon have withered, the vines of Sibmah as well; The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts; Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.