Klagelieder 3:27
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Context
This verse from Klagelieder Chapter 3 connects to 8 cross-references. The central and longest lament shifts to first-person male singular. The man has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath — led into darkness with no light, his flesh wasted, his way blocked with hewn stone. The famous pivot: …
Andere Übersetzungen
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young.
Querverweise
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw …
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall …
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening …
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;