KJV:
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
NASB:
Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
KJV:
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
NASB:
Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge.
KJV:
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
NASB:
And by knowledge the rooms are filled With all precious and pleasant riches.
KJV:
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
NASB:
A wise man is strong, And a man of knowledge increases power.
KJV:
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
NASB:
The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor, The wicked does not understand such concern.
KJV:
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
NASB:
Neither have I learned wisdom, Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
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:
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
NASB:
Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.
KJV:
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
NASB:
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.
KJV:
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
NASB:
For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God's sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.