Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when 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.
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.
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
26 It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord. 27 It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young. 28 Let him be seated by himself, saying nothing, because he has put it on him.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;
Psalm 94:12
Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
Psalm 119:71
It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.
Matthew 11:29-30
Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;
Hebrews 12:5-12
And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;