KJV:
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
NASB:
So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.
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:
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
NASB:
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.
KJV:
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
NASB:
A poor yet wise lad is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction.
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 no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
NASB:
There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them, and even the ones who will come later will not be happy with him, for this too is vanity and striving after wind.
KJV:
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
NASB:
When you make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it; for He takes no delight in fools. Pay what you vow!
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.