Lamentations 3:27
“It is good for a man that he beare the yoke in his youth.”
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Lamentations 3:27 Context
25The Lord is good vnto them that waite for him, to the soule that seeketh him. 26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the saluation of the Lord. 27It is good for a man that he beare the yoke in his youth. 28Hee sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because hee hath borne it vpon him. 29He putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
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Other Translations for Lamentations 3:27
[It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
- King James Version
{It is} good for a man that he should bear The yoke in his youth.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
- American Standard Version (1901)
It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young.
- Basic English Bible
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:
- Darby Bible
It is good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.
- Webster's Bible
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
- World English Bible
Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
- Youngs Literal Bible
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Lamentations 3:27
3:27 Bear - Quietly and patiently to bear what afflictions God will please to lay upon us. And if God tame us when young, by his word or by his rod, it is an unspeakable advantage.