KJV:
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
NASB:
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, The naive proceed and pay the penalty.
KJV:
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
NASB:
How blessed is the man who fears always, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
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 a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
NASB:
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.
KJV:
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
NASB:
This also is a grievous evil-- exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?
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:
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
NASB:
In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider-- God has made the one as well as the other So that man will not discover anything that will be after him.
KJV:
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
NASB:
I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.