Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Holman Bible
and the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.
International Standard Version
A good name exceeds the value of fine perfume, and the day of someone's death exceeds the value of the day of his birth.
A Conservative Version
A [good] name is better than precious oil, and the day of death, than the day of birth.
Amplified
And the day of one’s death better than the day of one’s birth.
Bible in Basic English
A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.
Darby Translation
A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Julia Smith Translation
A good name is above good oil, and the day of death above the day of birth.
King James 2000
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A good name [is] better than precious ointment, and the day of death [is better] than the day of one's birth.
Modern King James verseion
A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A good name is more worth than a precious ointment, and the day of death is better than the day of birth.
NET Bible
A good reputation is better than precious perfume; likewise, the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth.
New Heart English Bible
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.
The Emphasized Bible
Better a name, than precious ointment, - and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.
Webster
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
World English Bible
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Better is a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 7:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
People Generally Do Not Know What Is Best For Them
1 A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Cross References
Proverbs 22:1
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.
Ecclesiastes 4:2
Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
Song of Songs 1:3
Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.
Job 3:17
There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.
Proverbs 15:30
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; And good tidings make the bones fat.
Proverbs 27:9
Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
Ecclesiastes 10:1
Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor;'so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
Song of Songs 4:10
How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!
Isaiah 56:5
Unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Isaiah 57:1-2
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come .
Luke 10:20
Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
John 13:2
And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's'son , to betray him,
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 5:8
we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
Philippians 1:21-23
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Hebrews 11:2
For therein the elders had witness borne to them.
Hebrews 11:39
And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,
Revelation 14:13
And I heard the voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.
Psalm 133:2
It is like the precious oil upon the head, That ran down upon the beard, Even Aaron's beard; That came down upon the skirt of his garments;