Lamentations 3:27
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lamentations 3:27 in other translations
| BSB | It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth. |
| DARBY | It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth: |
| BBE | It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young. |
| Webster | It is good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth. |
What does Lamentations 3:27 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:25-27
25-27. The repetition of "good" at the beginning of each of the three verses heightens the effect. wait--(Is 30:18).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:21-36
Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that they are not worse. We should observe what makes for us, as well as what is against us. God's compassions fail not; of this we have fresh instances every morning. Portions on earth are perishing things, but God is a portion for ever. It is our duty, and will be our comfort…
Lamentations 3:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 3:27
- 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;
- Matthew 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. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
- Psalms 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
- Psalms 94:12
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
- Psalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
- Hebrews 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: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
- Lamentations 3:27
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
- Lamentations 3:28
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Lamentations 3:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Bueno es al hombre, si llevare el yugo desde su mocedad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il est bon à l’homme de porter le joug dans sa jeunesse: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Es ist dem Manne gut, daß er das Joch in seiner Jugend trage. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Bonum est viro cum portaverit jugum ab adolescentia sua. |