Ecclesiastes 7:1
“A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
A good name is better than precious ointment,.... The word "good" is not in the text, but is rightly supplied, as it is…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Name ... ointment - The likeness between reputation and odor supplies a common metaphor: the contrast is between…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 7:1-6
In these verses Solomon lays down some great truths which seem paradoxes to the unthinking part, that is, the far…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
A good name is better than precious ointment The sequence of thought is interrupted, and the writer, instead of carrying…
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