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

名誉强如美好的膏油；人死的日子胜过人生的日子。

名誉强如美好的膏油，人死去的日子胜过他出生的日子。

名誉强如美好的膏油，人死去的日子胜过他出生的日子。

美好的名声胜过珍贵的膏油，人死之日胜过出生之时。

美名优于美好的膏油，死亡的日子胜过诞生的日子。

美好的名声胜过美好的膏油，死亡的日子胜过出生的日子。

名譽強如美好的膏油；人死的日子勝過人生的日子。

名譽強如美好的膏油，人死去的日子勝過他出生的日子。

名譽強如美好的膏油，人死去的日子勝過他出生的日子。

美好的名聲勝過珍貴的膏油，人死之日勝過出生之時。

美名優於美好的膏油，死亡的日子勝過誕生的日子。

好名譽強於好膏油；死的日子勝過生的日子。

美好的名聲勝過美好的膏油，死亡的日子勝過出生的日子。

令名愈於寶膏、死日愈於生日、

芬芳之品、不如令聞、初生之時、不如死日。

美名愈於實膏、死日愈於生日、

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

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

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

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

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

A good name is better than good oil, And the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.

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

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

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

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

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

A[ good] name[ is] rather to be chosen than great riches,[ and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.

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.

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

For to me to live[ is] Christ, and to die[ is] gain.But if I live in the flesh, this[ is] the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

We are confident,[ I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name[ is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so[ doth] the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour:[ so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom[ and] honour.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth[ it] to heart: and merciful men[ are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil[ to come].He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds,[ each one] walking[ in] his uprightness.

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart:[ and] a good report maketh the bones fat.

Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

For we know that if our earthly house of[ this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

There the wicked cease[ from] troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s[ son], to betray him;

[ It is] like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard,[ even] Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

How fair is thy love, my sister,[ my] spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!