Ecclesiastes 7:1

A Good name is better then precious ointment: and the day of death, then the day of ones birth.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

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)

A `good' name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.
- American Standard Version (1901)

A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.
- Basic English Bible

A good name is better than fine perfume, and one's day of death is better than his day of birth.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

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

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?
- Douay-Rheims Bible

A GOOD name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
- English Revised Version

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 7:1

7:1 Of death - Seeing this life is so full of vanity, and vexation, and misery, it is more desirable for a man to go out of it, than to come into it.