KJV:
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
NASB:
"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity."
KJV:
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
NASB:
Is there anything of which one might say, "See this, it is new "? Already it has existed for ages Which were before us.
KJV:
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
NASB:
I said to myself, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself." And behold, it too was futility.
KJV:
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
NASB:
I said of laughter, "It is madness," and of pleasure, "What does it accomplish?"
KJV:
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
NASB:
Then I said to myself, "As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?" So I said to myself, "This too is vanity."
KJV:
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
NASB:
I said to myself, "God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man," for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.
KJV:
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
NASB:
I said to myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts."
KJV:
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
NASB:
Do not let your speech cause you to sin and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice and destroy the work of your hands?
KJV:
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
NASB:
If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, "Better the miscarriage than he,