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Douay-Rheims
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It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.
King James
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It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Louis Second
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Mieux vaut aller dans une maison de deuil que d'aller dans une maison de festin; car c'est là la fin de tout homme, et celui qui vit prend la chose à coeur
Martin Luther
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Es ist besser, in das Klaghaus gehen denn in das Trinkhaus; in jenem ist das Ende aller Menschen, und der Lebendige nimmt's zu Herzen.
Vulgate
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melius est nomen bonum quam unguenta pretiosa et dies mortis die nativitatis

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


nomen : name.
quam : (fem. sing. acc.) (the church), WHICH the Lord loved.
quam : (adv. and conj.) how, than, as .. as possible.