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Douay-Rheims
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A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
King James
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A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Louis Second
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Une bonne réputation vaut mieux que le bon parfum, et le jour de la mort que le jour de la naissance
Martin Luther
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Ein gut Gerücht ist besser denn gute Salbe und der Tag des Todes weder der Tag der Geburt.
Vulgate
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quid necesse est homini maiora se quaerere cum ignoret quid conducat sibi in vita sua numero dierum peregrinationis suae et tempore quo velut umbra praeterit aut quis ei poterit indicare quid post eum futurum sub sole sit

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


quid : (question) what (thing)?.
quid : (+ genitive) how much? how many?.
necesse : (adj.) necessary, unavoidable, indispensable.
cum : (with indicative) when.
cum : (prep + abl.) with.
cum : (with subjunctive) when, as, while, since, although.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
vita : life, way of life.
quo : to which place, to what place, whither, where.
quo : (neut. sing. abl.) (the eagerness) THROUGH WHICH he died.
quo : (masc. sing. abl.) (the money) BY means of WHICH he lived.
velut : adv. just as, like, even as.
umbra : shade, shadow.
quis : (question) who?, what?, which?.
quis : anyone, anybody, anything.
post : (+ acc.) after, behind.
sub : (+ acc. or dat.) under, up under, close to, beneath, below.