KJV:
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
NASB:
I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.
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:
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
NASB:
Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
KJV:
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
NASB:
I said to myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts."
KJV:
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
NASB:
I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?
KJV:
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
NASB:
Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.
KJV:
Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
NASB:
But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.
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.