KJV:
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
NASB:
Blowing toward the south, Then turning toward the north, The wind continues swirling along; And on its circular courses the wind returns.
KJV:
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
NASB:
Therefore I completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.
KJV:
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
NASB:
I directed my mind to know, to investigate and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of folly and the foolishness of madness.
KJV:
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
NASB:
There was a small city with few men in it and a great king came to it, surrounded it and constructed large siegeworks against it.
KJV:
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
NASB:
Furthermore, men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street.
KJV:
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
NASB:
"Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether."
KJV:
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
NASB:
'I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.' I sought him but did not find him.