KJV:
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
NASB:
Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.
KJV:
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
NASB:
But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body.
KJV:
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
NASB:
"We will make for you ornaments of gold With beads of silver."
KJV:
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
NASB:
"King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chair From the timber of Lebanon.
KJV:
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
NASB:
"He made its posts of silver, Its back of gold And its seat of purple fabric, With its interior lovingly fitted out By the daughters of Jerusalem.
KJV:
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
NASB:
"We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for?
KJV:
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
NASB:
Their land has also been filled with idols; They worship the work of their hands, That which their fingers have made.
KJV:
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
NASB:
In that day men will cast away to the moles and the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves to worship,
KJV:
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
NASB:
Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, For what he deserves will be done to him.
KJV:
And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
NASB:
He dug it all around, removed its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it And also hewed out a wine vat in it; Then He expected it to produce good grapes, But it produced only worthless ones.