KJV:
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
NASB:
All things are wearisome; Man is not able to tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
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 have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
NASB:
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.
KJV:
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
NASB:
I said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."
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 sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
NASB:
I explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years of their lives.
KJV:
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
NASB:
So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done?
KJV:
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
NASB:
And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.
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.