American Standard Version (ASV):
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
King James Version (KJV):
There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceedeth from the ruler:
American Standard Version (ASV):
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
King James Version (KJV):
A wise man’s heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.
King James Version (KJV):
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
King James Version (KJV):
Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.
American Standard Version (ASV):
The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
King James Version (KJV):
The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.
King James Version (KJV):
Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; [so] doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
King James Version (KJV):
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honour.
American Standard Version (ASV):
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
King James Version (KJV):
[There was] a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
American Standard Version (ASV):
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
King James Version (KJV):
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
American Standard Version (ASV):
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
King James Version (KJV):
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so [are] the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.