KJV:
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
NASB:
Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.
KJV:
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
NASB:
Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
KJV:
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
NASB:
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.
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:
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
NASB:
For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?
KJV:
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
NASB:
There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.
KJV:
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
NASB:
moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor-- it is the gift of God.
KJV:
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
NASB:
I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
KJV:
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
NASB:
One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.
KJV:
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
NASB:
There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, "And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.