KJV:
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
NASB:
Discipline your son while there is hope, And do not desire his death.
KJV:
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
NASB:
The desire of the sluggard puts him to death, For his hands refuse to work;
KJV:
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
NASB:
Do not hold back discipline from the child, Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
KJV:
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
NASB:
Two things I asked of You, Do not refuse me before I die:
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:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
NASB:
A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
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:
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
NASB:
Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
KJV:
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
NASB:
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.