Lamentations 3:27 KJV
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Matthew Henry
- Lamentations 3:21–36Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that they are not...
Thompson Chains
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Parallel Passages
- Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
- Psalms 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
- Psalms 94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
- Psalms 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
- Matthew 11:29–30 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 12:5–12 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: …
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible588 BC · Jerusalem and the Temple Burned
Hebrew and Strong’s
- good טוֹב ṭôb טוֹב Adjective · masculine singular
- for a man לַגֶּבֶר laggeber גֶּבֶר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
- that he bear כִּי kî Conjunction יִשָּׂא yiśśāʾ נָשָׂא Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- the yoke עֹל ʿōl עֹל Noun · masculine singular
- in his youth בִּנְעוּרָיו binʿûrāyw נָעוּר Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine singular
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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