Ecclesiastes 7:1

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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

In context

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

2 It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.

3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
KJV King James Version: A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
WEB World English Bible: A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
ASV American Standard Version: A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: Better [is] a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.
DBY Darby Translation: A [good] name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
WBS Webster Bible: A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.