Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Y'all Version Bible

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?

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. 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 Aaron’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 friend.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce 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 out, therefore the young women 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 perfume than any spice!

Isaiah 56:5

I will give them 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 will not be cut off.

Jonah 4:3

So now, YHWH, I beg you, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Luke 10:20

However, y’all shouldn’t rejoice that the spirits are subject to y’all, instead rejoice that y’all’s names are written in heaven.”

John 13:2

During supper, the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him.

2 Corinthians 5:1

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

2 Corinthians 5:8

And so, we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Hebrews 11:2

For by it, the people of old were commended.

Hebrews 11:39

And all of these were commended for their faith, yet they didn’t receive what was promised,

Revelation 14:13

I heard a voice from heaven saying, “You are to write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they can rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them.”

Ruth 3:14

So she lay at his feet until the morning, then she rose up before anyone could recognize another. For he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.”