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Ecclesiastes 7:1-3
Easy-to-Read Version
Ecclesiastes 7:1-3
Easy-to-Read Version
A Collection of Wise Teachings
7 A good reputation is better than expensive pleasures.[a]
The day someone dies is better than the day they were born.
2 It is better to go to a funeral than to a party,
because everyone must die,
and the living need to remember this.
3 Sorrow is even better than laughter,
because when our face is sad, our heart becomes good.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 7:1 A good reputation … pleasures Literally, “better a name than good perfume.” This is a wordplay in Hebrew. The word for “name” and the word for “perfume” sound alike.
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