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:
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
NASB:
Then I looked again at vanity under the sun.
KJV:
I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
NASB:
I have seen all the living under the sun throng to the side of the second lad who replaces him.
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:
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
NASB:
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one's labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward.
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:
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
NASB:
"It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he.
KJV:
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
NASB:
For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?