Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
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.
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
26 Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah. 27 Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth. 28 He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid it upon him.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, 'I have no pleasure in them.'
Psalm 90:12
To number our days aright let us know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.
Psalm 94:12
O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
Psalm 119:71
Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
Matthew 11:29-30
take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,
Hebrews 12:5-12
and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, 'My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,