Parallel ECC 7:1

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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.

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

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.

MOF No MOF 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.

DBY 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.

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

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

BB 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 byrth.)

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

CB 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 byrth.)

WYC 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 greatere things than himself; since he knowth/knows not, what shall bifalle to him in his life, in the number of days of his pilgrimage, and in the time that passith as schadowe? ether who may show to him, what thing under sun shall come after him?)

LUT Ein gut Gerücht ist besser denn gute Salbe und der Tag des Todes weder der Tag der Geburt.
  (Ein good Gerücht is besser because gute Salbe and the Tag the Todes weder the Tag the Geburt.)

CLV [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?
  ([Quid necesse it_is homini mayora se quærere, when/with ignoret quid conducat sibi in vita sua, numero dierum peregrinationis suæ, and tempore that velut umbra præterit? aut who/any to_him poterit indicare that after him futurum under sole sit? )

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

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. )