KJV:
Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
NASB:
But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.
KJV:
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
NASB:
If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, "Better the miscarriage than he,
KJV:
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
NASB:
Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is.
KJV:
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
NASB:
What has been is remote and exceedingly mysterious. Who can discover it?
KJV:
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
NASB:
If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?
KJV:
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
NASB:
Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
KJV:
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
NASB:
Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.
KJV:
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
NASB:
If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies.