KJV:
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
NASB:
Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
KJV:
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
NASB:
A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike;
KJV:
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
NASB:
A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding, But he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
KJV:
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
NASB:
She does him good and not evil All the days of her life.
KJV:
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
NASB:
I explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years of their lives.
KJV:
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
NASB:
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die!
KJV:
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
NASB:
Because all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity.
KJV:
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
NASB:
Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger.
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.