Ecclesiastes 7:1
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — The New International Version (NIV)
1 A good name is better than fine perfume,
and the day of death better than the day of birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)
1 A good name is better than precious ointment,
and the day of death than the day of birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)
1 A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume.
And the day you die is better than the day you are born.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — New Century Version (NCV)
1 It is better to have respect than good perfume.
The day of death is better than the day of birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)
1 A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
1 A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
1 A good name is better than expensive perfume, and the day you die is better than the day you’re born.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
1 A good name is better than fine perfume,
and the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
1 A good name is better than precious ointment,
and the day of death, than the day of birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
1 A good name is better than precious ointment,
and the day of death is better than the day of one’s birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
1 A good name is better than fine perfume.
People can learn more from sobbing when someone dies
than from being happy when someone is born.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
1 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.