KJV:
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
NASB:
So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
KJV:
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
NASB:
When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the task which has been done on the earth (even though one should never sleep day or night),
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:
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
NASB:
Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun.
KJV:
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
NASB:
folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.
KJV:
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
NASB:
Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.
KJV:
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
NASB:
then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
KJV:
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
NASB:
The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.
KJV:
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
NASB:
"While the king was at his table, My perfume gave forth its fragrance.
KJV:
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
NASB:
The fig tree has ripened its figs, And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along!'"