KJV:
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
NASB:
Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.
KJV:
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
NASB:
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
KJV:
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
NASB:
Even when the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.
KJV:
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
NASB:
I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land.
KJV:
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
NASB:
The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.
KJV:
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
NASB:
Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known.
KJV:
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
NASB:
Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.
KJV:
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
NASB:
Furthermore, men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street.