A good name is better than good oil; and the day of death than the day of birth.
KJV
Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
Parallel Translations
What advantage has a man? for who knows [what is] good for a man in his life, [during] the number of the life of the days of his vanity? and he has spent them as a shadow; for who shall tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
Cross References
Revelation 14:13Proverbs 22:1Ecclesiastes 4:22 Corinthians 5:82 Corinthians 5:1Philippians 1:21–23Proverbs 27:9Song of Solomon 1:3Ecclesiastes 10:1Isaiah 57:1–2Isaiah 56:5Proverbs 15:30Job 3:17Luke 10:20John 13:2
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