KJV:
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
NASB:
Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, So a curse without cause does not alight.
KJV:
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
NASB:
Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
KJV:
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
NASB:
A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth And does not know that want will come upon him.
KJV:
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
NASB:
She is like merchant ships; She brings her food from afar.
KJV:
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
NASB:
A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains forever.
KJV:
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
NASB:
Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again.
KJV:
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
NASB:
So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done?
KJV:
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
NASB:
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die!
KJV:
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
NASB:
I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?