Lamentations 3:27
25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
- KJV
- It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
- WEB
- It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
- ASV
- It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
- DARBY
- It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:
- BLB
- [it is] good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.
- ÅB
- Det er godt for en mann at han bærer åk i sin ungdom,
- OTB
- Det er fordelaktig for en mann å bære åket i sin ungdom.
- B1930
- Det er godt for en mann at han bærer åk i sin ungdom,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Read in contextMatthew 11:29–30
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Read in contextPsalms 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Read in contextPsalms 94:12
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Read in contextPsalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Read in contextHebrews 12:5–12
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
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