| Ecclesiastes 7:1 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | A good name is better than expensive perfume, and the day you die is better than the day you're born.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. |
| ASV: | A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth. |
| BBE: | A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth. |
| DBY: | A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth. |
| ERV: | A GOOD name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. |
| JPS: | A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. |
| WBS: | A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. |
| WEB: | A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth. |
| YLT: | Better is a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth. |
| Ecclesiastes 7:1 Cross References |
| XREF: | Proverbs 22:1 A good name is to be more desired than great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold.
Ecclesiastes 4:2 So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 The end of a matter is better than its beginning; Patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 7:1 A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of {b} death than the day of one's birth.
(b) He speaks thus after the judgment of the flesh, which thinks death is the end of all evils, or else because this corporal death is the entering into everlasting life. |
| WES: | 7:1 Of death - Seeing this life is so full of vanity, and vexation, and misery, it is more desirable for a man to go out of it, than to come into it. |
| MHC: | 7:1-6 Reputation for piety and honesty is more desirable than all the wealth and pleasure in this world. It will do more good to go to a funeral than to a feast. We may lawfully go to both, as there is occasion; our Saviour both feasted at the wedding of his friend in Cana, and wept at the grave of his friend in Bethany. But, considering how apt we are to be vain and indulge the flesh, it is best to go to the house of mourning, to learn the end of man as to this world. Seriousness is better than mirth and jollity. That is best for us which is best for our souls, though it be unpleasing to sense. It is better to have our corruptions mortified by the rebuke of the wise, than to have them gratified by the song of fools. The laughter of a fool is soon gone, the end of his mirth is heaviness. |
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