KJV:
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
NASB:
It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man Than for one to listen to the song of fools.
KJV:
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
NASB:
For oppression makes a wise man mad, And a bribe corrupts the heart.
KJV:
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
NASB:
Wisdom strengthens a wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
KJV:
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
NASB:
Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man's wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam.
KJV:
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
NASB:
He who keeps a royal command experiences no trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.
KJV:
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
NASB:
and I saw every work of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though man should seek laboriously, he will not discover; and though the wise man should say, "I know," he cannot discover.
KJV:
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
NASB:
For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Man does not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.
KJV:
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
NASB:
I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning nor favor to men of ability; for time and chance overtake them all.