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:
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
NASB:
There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, "And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.
KJV:
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
NASB:
Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.
KJV:
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
NASB:
When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.
KJV:
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
NASB:
a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction.
KJV:
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
NASB:
"Do not be in a hurry to leave him. Do not join in an evil matter, for he will do whatever he pleases."
KJV:
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
NASB:
All this I have seen and applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun wherein a man has exercised authority over another man to his hurt.
KJV:
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
NASB:
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.
KJV:
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
NASB:
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may lengthen his life, still I know that it will be well for those who fear God, who fear Him openly.