ECC 7:1 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) A good reputation is better than expensive perfume,[ref]
⇔ and the day you die is more important than the day of your birth.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἀγαθὸν ὄνομα ὑπὲρ ἔλαιον ἀγαθὸν, καὶ ἡμέρα τοῦ θανάτου ὑπὲρ ἡμέραν γεννήσεως.
(Agathon onoma huper elaion agathon, kai haʸmera tou thanatou huper haʸmeran gennaʸseōs. )

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

ULT Better is a good name than fine oil
⇔ and the day of death is better than the day of his birth.

UST It is better that other people honor us than to have fine perfume.
⇔ The day that we die is better than the day that we are born.

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

OEB A fair name is better than precious ointment,
⇔ And the day of death the day of one’s birth.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET A good reputation is better than precious perfume;
⇔ likewise, the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.

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

FBV A good reputation is better than expensive perfume, and the day you die is better than the day you were born.

T4T Having a good reputation [MTY] is better than fine perfume,
⇔ and the day that we die is better than the day that we are born.

LEB No LEB ECC 7:1 verse available

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

Moff No Moff ECC book available

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

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

DRA 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?

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

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

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

SLT A good name is above good oil, and the day of death above the day of birth.

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

KJB-1769 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

KJB-1611 ¶ A Good name is better then precious ointment: and the day of death, then the day of ones birth.

Bshps A good name is more worth then precious oyntment: & the day of death, is better the the day of byrth.
(A good name is more worth then precious ointment: and the day of death, is better the the day of birth.)

Gnva Surely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?
(Surely there be many things that increase vanity: and what availeth/avails it man? )

Cvdl A good name is more worth then a precious oyntment, and the daye of death is better the ye daye of byrth.
(A good name is more worth then a precious ointment, and the day of death is better the ye/you_all day of birth.)

Wycl What nede is it to a man to seke grettere thingis than hym silf; sithen he knowith not, what schal bifalle to hym in his lijf, in the noumbre of daies of his pilgrimage, and in the tyme that passith as schadowe? ether who may schewe to hym, what thing vndur sunne schal come aftir hym?
(What need is it to a man to seek greater things than himself; since he knoweth/knows not, what shall bifalle to him in his life, in the number of days of his pilgrimage, and in the time that passeth/passes as shadow? either who may show to him, what thing under sun shall come after him?)

Luth Ein gut Gerücht ist besser denn gute Salbe und der Tag des Todes weder der Tag der Geburt.
(A good rumour is better because/than good ointment and the/of_the day the death neither the/of_the day the/of_the birth.)

ClVg [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?
([What necessary it_is to_man bigger himself to_seek/search_for, when/with ignore what hire to_himself in/into/on life his_own, number days of_pilgrimage his_own, and at_the_time that like/as shadow passed? or who/any to_him will_be_able to_indicidate that after him future under the_sun let_it_be? )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT ECC book available

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