KJV:
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
NASB:
The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.
KJV:
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
NASB:
Even in laughter the heart may be in pain, And the end of joy may be grief.
KJV:
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
NASB:
Folly is joy to him who lacks sense, But a man of understanding walks straight.
KJV:
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
NASB:
A man has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word!
KJV:
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
NASB:
The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous, But is terror to the workers of iniquity.
KJV:
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
NASB:
He who loves pleasure will become a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
KJV:
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
NASB:
I said to myself, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself." And behold, it too was futility.
KJV:
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
NASB:
I said of laughter, "It is madness," and of pleasure, "What does it accomplish?"
KJV:
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
NASB:
All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.
KJV:
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
NASB:
For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God's sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.