KJV:
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
NASB:
So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.
KJV:
I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
NASB:
I have seen all the living under the sun throng to the side of the second lad who replaces him.
KJV:
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
NASB:
For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?
KJV:
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
NASB:
It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart.
KJV:
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
NASB:
For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.
KJV:
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
NASB:
For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.
KJV:
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
NASB:
"You are a garden spring, A well of fresh water, And streams flowing from Lebanon."
KJV:
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
NASB:
When they say to you, "Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter," should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
KJV:
It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
NASB:
'Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that is left.'"