KJV King James Version
[It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
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Lamentations 3:27
[It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
WEB World English Bible
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
ASV American Standard Version
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
Surrounding context — Lamentations 3
24 The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
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.
27 [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.
30 He giveth [his] cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
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Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember 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 11:29-30Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.Psalm 119:71[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.Psalm 94:12Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;Hebrews 12:5-12And 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:Psalm 90:12So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.
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