Lamentations 3:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.”
Lamentations 3:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Lamentations 3:27 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Lamentations 3:27 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Lamentations 3:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.”
Lamentations 3:27 — World English Bible
Lamentations 3:27 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.”
Lamentations 3:27 — American Standard Version
Lamentations 3:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.”
Lamentations 3:27 — Young's Literal Translation
Lamentations 3:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:”
Lamentations 3:27 — Darby Translation
Lamentations 3:27 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“It is good for a man that he beare the yoke in his youth.”
Lamentations 3:27 — Geneva Bible
Lamentations 3:27 in Context — Lamentations 3
25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
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What Does Lamentations 3:27 Mean?
Lamentations 3:27 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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