Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹ A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ A GOOD name is better than precious perfume, and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.

Common English Bible

¹ A good name is better than fine oil, and the day of death better than the birthday.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Why is it necessary for a man to seek things that are greater than himself, when he does not know what is advantageous for himself in his life, during the number of the days of his sojourn, and while time passes by like a shadow? Or who will be able to tell him what will be in the future after him under the sun?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:1 Tagairtí Cros

Job 3:17

There the wicked  cease to make trouble, and there the weary find rest.

Proverbs 15:30

Bright eyes cheer the heart; good news strengthens  the bones.

Proverbs 22:1

A good name is to be chosen over great wealth; favour is better than silver and gold.

Proverbs 25:10

otherwise, the one who hears will disgrace you, and you’ll never live it down.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil  and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil ferment and stink; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honour.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

So I commended the dead,  who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of a matter is better than its beginning; a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.

Song of Solomon 1:3

The fragrance of your perfume is intoxicating; your name is perfume poured out. No wonder young women  adore you.

Song of Solomon 4:10

How delightful your caresses are, my sister, my bride. Your caresses are much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than any balsam.

Isaiah 56:5

I will give them, in my house and within my walls, a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give each of them an everlasting name that will never be cut off.

Jonah 4:3

And now, Lord, take my life from me,  for it is better for me to die than to live.’

Luke 10:20

However, don’t rejoice that   the spirits   submit to you,   but rejoice that your names are written   in heaven.’

John 13:2

Now when it was time for supper, the devil  had already put it into the heart of Judas,  Simon Iscariot’s son,  to betray  him.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if our earthly tent we live in  is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens,  not made with hands.

2 Corinthians 5:8

In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Hebrews 11:2

For by this our ancestors were approved.

Hebrews 11:39

All these were approved through their faith, but they did not receive what was promised,

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, ‘Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ‘Yes,’ says the Spirit, ‘so they will rest from their labours, since their works follow them.’

Ruth 3:14

So she lay down at his feet until morning but got up while it was still dark.  Then Boaz said, ‘Don’t let it be known that a  woman came to the threshing-floor.’