Ecclesiastes 7:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Better `is' a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.

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  • Prov 22:1 : 1 A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold -- good grace.
  • Eccl 4:2 : 2 And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
  • Song 1:3 : 3 For fragrance `are' thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out -- thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
  • Phil 1:21-23 : 21 for to me to live `is' Christ, and to die gain. 22 And if to live in the flesh `is' to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not; 23 for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying to me, `Write: Happy are the dead who in the Lord are dying from this time!' `Yes, (saith the Spirit,) That they may rest from their labours -- and their works do follow them!'
  • Prov 15:30 : 30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart, A good report maketh fat the bone.
  • Heb 11:2 : 2 for in this were the elders testified of;
  • Heb 11:39 : 39 and these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise,
  • Isa 56:5 : 5 I have given to them in My house, And within My walls a station and a name, Better than sons and than daughters, A name age-during I give to him That is not cut off.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying `it' to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one. 2 He entereth into peace, they rest on their beds, `Each' is going straightforward.
  • Luke 10:20 : 20 but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.'
  • John 13:2 : 2 And supper being come, the devil already having put `it' into the heart of Judas of Simon, Iscariot, that he may deliver him up,
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands -- age-during -- in the heavens,
  • Eccl 10:1 : 1 Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom -- By reason of honour -- a little folly!
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.
  • Job 3:17 : 17 There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.
  • Ps 133:2 : 2 As the good oil on the head, Coming down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, That cometh down on the skirt of his robes,
  • Song 4:10 : 10 How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices.

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  • Eccl 7:2-5
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    2Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth `it' unto his heart.

    3Better `is' sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.

    4The heart of the wise `is' in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.

    5Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than `for' a man to hear a song of fools,

  • Prov 22:1
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    1A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold -- good grace.

  • Eccl 7:10-12
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    10Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.

    11Wisdom `is' good with an inheritance, And an advantage `it is' to those beholding the sun.

    12For wisdom `is' a defense, money `is' a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom `is', She reviveth her possessors.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.

    3And better than both of them `is' he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.

  • Eccl 7:14-18
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    14In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.

    15The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging `himself' in his wrong.

    16Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise, why art thou desolate?

    17Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?

    18`It is' good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.

  • Prov 10:7
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    7The remembrance of the righteous `is' for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot.

  • Eccl 6:3-4
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    3If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, `Better than he `is' the untimely birth.'

    4For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,

  • Eccl 7:8
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    8Better `is' the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better `is' the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.

  • Prov 27:9
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    9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

  • Job 5:27
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    27Lo, this -- we searched it out -- it `is' right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!

  • Eccl 11:7-8
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    7Sweet also `is' the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.

    8But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming `is' vanity.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16Better `is' a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9Better `is' the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 10:1
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    1Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom -- By reason of honour -- a little folly!

  • Prov 8:11
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    11For better `is' wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage `is' to man?

    12For who knoweth what `is' good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

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    7For better `that' he hath said to thee, `Come thou up hither,' Than `that' he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen.

  • Ps 34:12
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    12Who `is' the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good?

  • Prov 3:14
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    14For better `is' her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold -- her increase.

  • Ps 116:15
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    15Precious in the eyes of Jehovah `is' the death for His saints.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse `in' his lips, who `is' a fool.

  • Eccl 9:8
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    8At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head.

  • Prov 3:16
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    16Length of days `is' in her right hand, In her left `are' wealth and honour.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24A path of life `is' on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28In the path of righteousness `is' life, And in the way of `that' path `is' no death!

  • Eccl 12:7-8
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    7And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

    8Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole `is' vanity.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end `are' ways of death.

  • Eccl 9:4
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    4But `to' him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it `is' better than to the dead lion.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.

  • Job 7:1
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    1Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?

  • Eccl 2:16
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    16That there is no remembrance to the wise -- with the fool -- to the age, for that which `is' already, `in' the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!

  • Eccl 6:6
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    6And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go?