Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

It is good for a man that he should bear
The yoke in his youth.

King James Version

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Holman Bible

It is good for a man to bear the yoke
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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
for a man
גּבר 
Geber 
Usage: 65

that he bear
נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

the yoke
עול על 
`ol 
Usage: 40

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Israel's Affliction

26 It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of Jehovah. 27 It is good for a man that he should bear
The yoke in his youth.
28 Let him sit by himself and keep silent because he has laid it on him.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your Creator (Hebrew: Bara', plural, Creators denotes majesty) (Ge 1:26) in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near. You will say: I have no pleasure in them.

Psalm 90:12

Teach us to number each of our days so that we may present to you a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 94:12

Jehovah, how happy are those you instruct, the ones to whom you teach your law!

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.

Matthew 11:29-30

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me. I am meek (mild) and humble in heart. You will have a restful life,

Hebrews 12:5-12

You have forgotten the exhortation that reasons with you as to sons: My son, do not despise (regard lightly) discipline from Jehovah and do not lose heart when he corrects you. (Proverbs 3:11, 12)

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