KJV:
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
NASB:
The generous man will be prosperous, And he who waters will himself be watered.
KJV:
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
NASB:
He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself and not be answered.
KJV:
Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
NASB:
He who leads the upright astray in an evil way Will himself fall into his own pit, But the blameless will inherit good.
KJV:
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
NASB:
When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.
KJV:
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
NASB:
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one's labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward.
KJV:
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
NASB:
So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
KJV:
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
NASB:
Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun.
KJV:
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
NASB:
"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.