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:
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
NASB:
And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.
KJV:
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
NASB:
Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.
KJV:
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
NASB:
So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.
KJV:
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
NASB:
For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God's sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
KJV:
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
NASB:
For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity.
KJV:
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
NASB:
Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?
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.