KJV:
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
NASB:
"Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices."
KJV:
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
NASB:
and I saw every work of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though man should seek laboriously, he will not discover; and though the wise man should say, "I know," he cannot discover.
KJV:
The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
NASB:
The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly.
KJV:
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
NASB:
"On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.
KJV:
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
NASB:
'I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.' I sought him but did not find him.
KJV:
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
NASB:
"I opened to my beloved, But my beloved had turned away and had gone! My heart went out to him as he spoke. I searched for him but I did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.