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

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.

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.