KJV:
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
NASB:
Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances.
KJV:
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
NASB:
All things are wearisome; Man is not able to tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
KJV:
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
NASB:
I said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."
KJV:
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
NASB:
Then I said to myself, "As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?" So I said to myself, "This too is vanity."
KJV:
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
NASB:
A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.
KJV:
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
NASB:
Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you.
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I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.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.
KJV:
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
NASB:
"We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for?