Ecclesiastes 7:1 KJV — MannaFest

Ecclesiastes 7:1

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

KJV

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ASV

Agoodname is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.

WEB

A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

YLT

Better is a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.

DBT

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

About this book

Old Testament

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Ecclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''

Author: Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
Date: Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).

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23 verses on the floor

Proverbs 22:1
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Ecclesiastes 4:2
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Song of Solomon 1:3
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
2 Corinthians 5:8
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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1 ), that is, a name for wisdom and goodness with those that are wise and good-- the memory of the just; this is a good that will bring a more grateful pleasure to the mind, will give a man a larger opportunity of usefulness, and will go further, and last longer, than the most precious box of ointment; for Christ paid Mary for her ointment with a good name, a name in the gospels ( Matt. xxvi.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

This alone is "good," while all else is "vanity" when made the chief end. ointment--used lavishly at costly banquets and peculiarly refreshing in the sultry East. The Hebrew for "name" and for "ointment," have a happy paronomasia, Sheem and Shemen. "Ointment" is fragrant only in the place where the person is whose head and garment are scented, and only for a time.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

ECC 7:12CO 5:1 1JN 3:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ECC 7:12CO 5:1 JOB 19:25-26
ECC 7:12CO 5:8 PHP 1:20-24
ECC 7:1REV 14:13 REV 20:6
ECC 7:12CO 5:8 2CO 5:6
ECC 7:1REV 14:13 1TH 5:10
ECC 7:1REV 14:13 2TI 4:7-8
ECC 7:12CO 5:1 2PE 1:13-14

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