KJV:
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
NASB:
A poor yet wise lad is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction.
KJV:
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
NASB:
which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these.
KJV:
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
NASB:
For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.
KJV:
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
NASB:
Indeed their love, their hate and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun.
KJV:
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
NASB:
In addition to being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, searched out and arranged many proverbs.
KJV:
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
NASB:
Where will you be stricken again, As you continue in your rebellion? The whole head is sick And the whole heart is faint.
KJV:
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
NASB:
And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they learn war.
KJV:
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
NASB:
"What more was there to do for My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce worthless ones?
KJV:
Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
NASB:
On this account the anger of the LORD has burned against His people, And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down. And the mountains quaked, and their corpses lay like refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this His anger is not spent, But His hand is still stretched out.
KJV:
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
NASB:
"Yet there will be a tenth portion in it, And it will again be subject to burning, Like a terebinth or an oak Whose stump remains when it is felled. The holy seed is its stump."