KJV:
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
NASB:
What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun?
KJV:
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
NASB:
Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.
KJV:
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
NASB:
And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.
KJV:
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
NASB:
What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?
KJV:
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
NASB:
After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.
KJV:
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
NASB:
This also is a grievous evil-- exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?
KJV:
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
NASB:
For wisdom is protection just as money is protection, But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.