Ecclesiastes 7:1
“A Good name is better then precious ointment: and the day of death, then the day of ones birth.”
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Ecclesiastes 7:1 Context
1A Good name is better then precious ointment: and the day of death, then the day of ones birth. 2¶ It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the liuing will lay it to his heart. 3Sorrow is better then laughter: for by the sadnesse of the countenance the heart is made better.
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A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
- King James Version
A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of {one's} death is better than the day of one's birth.
- New American Standard Version (1995)