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Bible in Basic English
A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of 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.
American Standard Version
A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.
Amplified
And the day of one’s death better than the day of one’s 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 oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
Cross References
Proverbs 22:1
A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.
Ecclesiastes 4:2
So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.
Song of Songs 1:3
Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.
Job 3:17
There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.
Proverbs 15:30
The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.
Proverbs 27:9
Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
Ecclesiastes 10:1
Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.
Song of Songs 4:10
How fair is your love, my sister! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your oils than any perfume!
Isaiah 56:5
I will give to them in my house, and inside my walls, a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an eternal name which will not be cut off.
Isaiah 57:1-2
The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.
Luke 10:20
Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.
John 13:2
So while a meal was going on, the Evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him,
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.
2 Corinthians 5:8
We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.
Philippians 1:21-23
For to me life is Christ and death is profit.
Hebrews 11:2
For by it our fathers had God's approval.
Hebrews 11:39
And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,
Revelation 14:13
And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.