Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹ A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death 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?

Ecclesiastes 7:1 Tagairtí Cros

Job 3:17

There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.

Psalm 133:2

It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aharon's beard; that came down on the edge of his robes;

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.

Proverbs 22:1

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

Proverbs 25:10

lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.

Proverbs 27:9

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Song of Solomon 1:3

Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the alamot love you.

Song of Solomon 4:10

How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all manner of spices!

Isaiah 56:5

To 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.

Jonah 4:3

Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.*

Luke 10:20

Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.*

John 13:2

After supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Yehudah Iskriot, Shim`on's son, to betray him,

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is 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.

Hebrews 11:2

For by this, the elders obtained testimony.

Hebrews 11:39

These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't receive the promise,

Revelation 14:13

I heard the voice from heaven saying, *Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'* *Yes,* says the Spirit, *that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.*

Ruth 3:14

She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.