Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The yoke in his youth.
King James Version
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Holman Bible
while he is still young.
International Standard Version
It is good when a young man carries the yoke of discipline in his youth.
A Conservative Version
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
American Standard Version
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Amplified
It is good for a man that he should bear
The yoke [of godly discipline] in his youth.
Bible in Basic English
It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young.
Darby Translation
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:
Julia Smith Translation
Good for a man that he shall lift up the yoke in his youth.
King James 2000
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[It is] good for a man who carries the yoke of his childhood.
Modern King James verseion
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O how good is it, for a man, to take the yoke upon him from his youth up?
NET Bible
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.
New Heart English Bible
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke while he is young.
The Emphasized Bible
Good it is for a man, that he should bear the yoke in his youth.
Webster
It is good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.
World English Bible
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
Topics
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
26
Teth It is good to wait quietly in the salvation of the LORD.
27
The yoke in his youth.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth while the evil days do not come nor the years draw near when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Psalm 90:12
Cause us to learn this that we might number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Psalm 94:12
Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O JAH, and teach him out of thy law,
Psalm 119:71
It was good for me that I have been humbled, that I might learn thy statutes.
Matthew 11:29-30
Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and humble of heart, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Hebrews 12:5-12
And ye have quite forgotten the consolation which speaks unto you as unto sons, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art reproved of him: