Lamentations 3:27
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Context
This verse from Lamentations 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: …
Otras traducciones
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.
Referencias cruzadas
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw …
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall …
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening …