Font Size
Ecclesiastes 7:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Ecclesiastes 7:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
A Disillusioned View of Life
7 A good name is better than precious ointment,
and the day of death, than the day of birth.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting;
for this is the end of everyone,
and the living will lay it to heart.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter,
for by sadness of countenance the heart is made glad.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)
New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Bible Gateway Recommends
![NRSVCE Sacraments of Initiation Catholic Bible, Comfort Print--soft leather-look, white](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/web/f108/337603.jpg)
Retail: $44.99
Our Price: $27.99
Save: $17.00 (38%)
![NRSV Catholic Bible, Journal Edition, Comfort Print, Leathersoft, Brown](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/web/f108/230467.jpg)
Retail: $64.99
Our Price: $35.99
Save: $29.00 (45%)
![NRSV Catholic Bible, Gift Edition, Comfort Print, Leathersoft, Teal](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/web/f108/230411.jpg)
Retail: $39.99
Our Price: $25.99
Save: $14.00 (35%)
![4.0 of 5.0 stars](/assets/images/merch/stars40.png?d8d744d9)
![NRSV Catholic Bible, Large Print, Comfort Print, Leathersoft, Black](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/web/f108/230434.jpg)
Retail: $59.99
Our Price: $29.98
Save: $30.01 (50%)
![5.0 of 5.0 stars](/assets/images/merch/stars50.png?d8d744d9)