Ecclesiastes 7:1 - King James Version - American Edition

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

Tuilleadh leaganacha

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 from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

Psalm 133:2

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.

Proverbs 22:1

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.

Proverbs 25:10

lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Song of Solomon 1:3

Because of the savor of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

Song of Solomon 4:10

How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

Isaiah 56:5

Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place 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, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Luke 10:20

Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

John 13:2

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscar´i-ot, Simon's son, to betray him;

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:8

we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Hebrews 11:2

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

Hebrews 11:39

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.

Ruth 3:14

And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.