Parallel Verses
NET Bible
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.
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?
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.
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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 It is good to wait patiently for deliverance from the Lord. 27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young. 28 (Yod) Let a person sit alone in silence, when the Lord is disciplining him.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:1
So remember your Creator in the days of your youth -- before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say, "I have no pleasure in them";
Psalm 90:12
So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.
Psalm 94:12
How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord, the one whom you teach from your law,
Psalm 119:71
It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.
Matthew 11:29-30
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Hebrews 12:5-12
And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? "My son, do not scorn the Lord's discipline or give up when he corrects you.