Lamentations 3:27
O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon him from his youth vp?
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
In Context
26The good man with stilnesse and pacience, taryeth for the health of the Lorde.
28He sitteth alone, he holdeth hym styll, because he hath taken [the Lordes yoke] vpon hym.
Cross References
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me, for I am meeke & lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:22-37
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 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… Read the whole commentary →