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Lamentations 3:27

Lamentations chapter 3 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.

v.27This passage

v.28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 11:29

    Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

  • Hebrews 12:5

    and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;

  • Ecclesiastes 12:1

    Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

  • Psalms 119:71

    It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.

  • Psalms 90:12

    So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

  • Psalms 94:12

    Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;