KJV:
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
NASB:
"If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?
KJV:
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
NASB:
Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?
KJV:
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
NASB:
"On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,
KJV:
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
NASB:
"Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
KJV:
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
NASB:
"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion?
KJV:
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
NASB:
"Who has put wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the mind?
KJV:
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
NASB:
The strutting rooster, the male goat also, And a king when his army is with him.
KJV:
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
NASB:
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.
KJV:
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
NASB:
Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.
KJV:
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
NASB:
"I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, That you do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases."