KJV:
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
NASB:
"Many daughters have done nobly, But you excel them all."
KJV:
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
NASB:
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.
KJV:
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
NASB:
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent among men--
KJV:
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
NASB:
If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, "Better the miscarriage than he,
KJV:
For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
NASB:
For you also have realized that you likewise have many times cursed others.
KJV:
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
NASB:
"Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices."
KJV:
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
NASB:
For there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a man's trouble is heavy upon him.
KJV:
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
NASB:
folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.
KJV:
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
NASB:
"Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised."