Ecclesiastes 7:1

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

Bible in Basic English ☆

A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

A good name is better than good oil; and the day of death than the day of birth.

Darby Translation ☆

A [good] name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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?

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Surely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

Noyes Bible ☆

A good name is better than precious perfume, and the day of one's death than the day of his birth.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

A good name is better than precious oil, and the day of death, better than the day of one's birth.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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?

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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?

Majority Standard BIble ☆

A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

A good name is better than good oil; And the day of death than the day of birth.

World English Bible ☆

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

World English Bible Classic ☆

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

World English Bible Updated ☆

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

World Messianic Bible ☆

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Better [is] a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

A shem tov is better than precious ointment; and the yom hamavet than the day of oneʼs birth.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اَلصِّيتُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ ٱلدُّهْنِ ٱلطَّيِّبِ، وَيَوْمُ ٱلْمَمَاتِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ يَوْمِ ٱلْوِلَادَةِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ကောင်းသောအသရေသည် နံ့သာဆီထက်သာ ၍ ကောင်း၏။ သေရသောနေ့သည်လည်း ဘွားမြင်သော နေ့ထက်သာရောကောင်း၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ကောင်း သောအသရေ သည် နံ့သာ ဆီထက် သာ၍ကောင်း ၏။ သေ ရသောနေ့ သည်လည်း ဘွားမြင် သောနေ့ ထက် သာ၍ကောင်း၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Hminhoihaih loe atho kana hmuihoih tui pongah hoih kue; duekhaih ni loe tapenhaih ni pongah hoih kue.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

A ming te tah situi then lakah ah then tih dueknah hnin he a cun khohnin lakah then.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

A ming te tah situi then lakah ah then tih dueknah hnin he a cun khohnin lakah then.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

名誉强如美好的膏油；人死的日子胜过人生的日子。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

名譽強如美好的膏油；人死的日子勝過人生的日子。

World Chinese Bible ☆

美名胜过珍贵的香膏；死的日子胜过出生的日子。

Croatian Bible ☆

Bolji je dobar glas nego skupocjeno ulje, i smrtni dan nego dan rođenja.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Lepší jest jméno dobré nežli mast výborná, a den smrti než den narození člověka.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Godt Navn er bedre end ypperlig Salve, Dødsdag bedre end Fødselsdag;

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Beter is een goede naam, dan goede olie, en de dag des doods, dan de dag, dat iemand geboren wordt.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Een goede naam gaat de fijnste olie te boven, De sterfdag de dag der geboorte.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Pli bona estas bona nomo, ol bona oleo; kaj la tago de la morto estas pli bona, ol la tago de la naskiĝo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Mieux vaut une bonne renommée que le bon parfum , et le jour de la mort que le jour de la naissance.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Une bonne réputation vaut mieux que le bon parfum; et le jour de la mort, que le jour de la naissance.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Une bonne réputation vaut mieux que le bon parfum, et le jour de la mort que le jour de la naissance.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Une bonne réputation vaut mieux qu'un parfum précieux, et le jour de la mort vaut mieux que le jour de la naissance.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Besser ein guter Name als gutes Salböl, und der Tag des Todes als der Tag, da einer geboren wird.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ein guter Ruf ist besser denn gute Salbe, und der Tag des Todes denn der Tag der Geburt.

German Textbibel ☆

Besser ein guter Name, als gutes Salböl, und besser der Tag des Todes als der Tag der Geburt.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Ein guter Name ist besser als Wohlgeruch, und der Tag des Todes ist besser als der Tag der Geburt.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ΑΓΑΘΟΝ ὄνομα ὑπὲρ ἔλαιον ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἡμέρα τοῦ θανάτου ὑπὲρ ἡμέραν γεννήσεως.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἀγαθὸν ὄνομα ὑπὲρ ἔλαιον ἀγαθὸν, καὶ ἡμέρα τοῦ θανάτου ὑπὲρ ἡμέραν γεννήσεως.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pito yo nonmen non ou anbyen pase pou yo pale sou kalite bon odè ou mete sou ou. Jou ou mouri a pi bon pase jou ou fèt la.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

U A oi aku ka inoa maikai mamua o ka mea poni maikai, a o ka la make mamua o ka la i hanau ai.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

טֹ֥וב שֵׁ֖ם מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן טֹ֑וב וְיֹ֣ום הַמָּ֔וֶת מִיֹּ֖ום הִוָּלְדֹֽו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

טוב שם משמן טוב ויום המות מיום הולדו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

LA buona fama val meglio che il buon olio odorifero , e il giorno della morte meglio che il giorno della natività.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Una buona reputazione val meglio dell’olio odorifero; e il giorno della morte, meglio del giorno della nascita.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

良い名は上質な香油にまさり、死ぬ日は生まれる日にまさる。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

아름다운 이름이 보배로운 기름보다 낫고 죽는 날이 출생하는 날보다 나으며

Kosraean Bible ☆

Sie elah wo el wo liki ono keng yohk molo; ac len in misa lom wo liki len in isusla lom.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

[Quid necesse est homini majora se quærere, cum ignoret quid conducat sibi in vita sua, numero dierum peregrinationis suæ, et tempore quod velut umbra præterit? aut quis ei poterit indicare quod post eum futurum sub sole sit?

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

نیک نامی از روغن معطر بهتر است و روزممات از روز ولادت.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Um bom nome é melhor do que um perfume fino; e o dia da morte é melhor do que o dia do nascimento.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Melhor é uma boa reputação do que o bom óleo perfumado; e o dia da morte é melhor que o dia de seu nascimento

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Un nume bun este mai bun decât untdelemnul prețios, și ziua morții decât ziua nașterii.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Май мулт фаче ун нуме бун декыт унтделемнул мироситор, ши зиуа морций декыт зиуа наштерий.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Доброе имя лучше дорогой масти, и день смерти - дня рождения.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Bolje je ime nego dobro ulje, i dan smrtni nego dan u koji se ko rodi.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Боље је име него добро уље, и дан смртни него дан у који се ко роди.

Mashi Bible ☆

Izîno lyo likulu oku mavurha g’engulo ndârhi; n’olusiku lw’okufà lwo lukulu aha lusiku lw’okuburhwa.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

MEJOR es la buena fama que el buen ungüento; y el día de la muerte que el día del nacimiento.

Spanish BLL ☆

Vale más el buen nombre que el mejor perfume, y el día que morimos que el día en que nacemos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Mejor es la buena fama que el buen ungüento, y el día de la muerte que el día del nacimiento.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Un buen nombre es mejor que el aceite de gran precio, y el día de la muerte que el día de nacimiento.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Mejor es una buena fama Que un buen ungüento, Y mejor el día de la muerte Que el día del nacimiento.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku lelei lahi ʻae hingoa ʻoku ongoongolelei ʻi he meʻa namu kakala ʻoku mahuʻinga lahi; pea ʻoku lelei ʻae ʻaho ʻoe mate ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe fanauʻi.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Добра слава лучша над пахущі мастї, а день смертї лучше родин.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Добра слава лучша над пахущі мастї, а день смертї лучше родин.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Danh tiếng hơn dầu quí giá; ngày chết hơn ngày sanh.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

ט֥וֹב שֵׁ֖ם מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן ט֑וֹב וְי֣וֹם הַמָּ֔וֶת מִיּ֖וֹם הִוָּלְדֽוֹ׃