KJV:
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
NASB:
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will perish.
KJV:
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
NASB:
A false witness will perish, But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever.
KJV:
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
NASB:
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.
KJV:
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
NASB:
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad, But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.
KJV:
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
NASB:
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to him whose life is bitter.
KJV:
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
NASB:
A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.
KJV:
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
NASB:
When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.
KJV:
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
NASB:
For oppression makes a wise man mad, And a bribe corrupts the heart.
KJV:
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
NASB:
I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.
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.