KJV:
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
NASB:
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.
KJV:
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
NASB:
I said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."
KJV:
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
NASB:
I made gardens and parks for myself and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;
KJV:
I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
NASB:
I bought male and female slaves and I had homeborn slaves. Also I possessed flocks and herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.
KJV:
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
NASB:
Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me.
KJV:
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
NASB:
All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.
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.