KJV
ASV
1. A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of ones birth.

ESV
1. A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.

ERVEN
1. A good reputation is better than expensive pleasures. The day someone dies is even better than the day they were born.

NLT
1. A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume. And the day you die is better than the day you are born.

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

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

NLV
1. A good name is better than oil of much worth. And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth.

HCSB
1. A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of one's death than the day of one's birth.

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

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

RV
1. A {cf15i GOOD} name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one-s birth.

NCV
1. It is better to have respect than good perfume. The day of death is better than the day of birth.

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

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

LXXEN
1. 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 [Gr. in] as a shadow; for who shall tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?



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

AMP
1. A GOOD name is better than precious perfume, and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.

KJVP
1. A good name H8034 CMS [ is ] better H2896 AMS than precious H2896 AMS ointment H8081 ; and the day H3117 W-NMS of death H4194 D-NMS than the day H3117 W-NMS of one\'s birth H3205 .

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

ASV
1. A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of ones birth.

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

NASB
1. A good name is better than good ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.

ESV
1. A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.

RV
1. A {cf15i GOOD} name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one-s birth.

RSV
1. A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death, than the day of birth.

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

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

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

NRSV
1. A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death, than the day of birth.

NIV
1. A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth.

NIRV
1. A good name is better than fine perfume. People can learn more from sobbing when someone dies than from being happy when someone is born.

NLT
1. A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume. And the day you die is better than the day you are born.

MSG
1. A good reputation is better than a fat bank account. Your death date tells more than your birth date.

GNB
1. A good reputation is better than expensive perfume; and the day you die is better than the day you are born.

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

ERVEN
1. A good reputation is better than expensive pleasures. The day someone dies is even better than the day they were born.