Lamentations 3:27
[It is] good for a man that he bears a yoke in his youth.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
In Context
26[It is] good when one stays and stands still || For the salvation of YHWH.
28He sits alone, and is silent, || For He has laid [it] on him.
Cross References
Psalms 90:12Let [us] know to number our days correctly, || And we bring the heart to wisdom.
Psalms 119:71[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, || That I might learn Your statutes.
Matthew 11:29take up My yoke on you, and learn from Me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and you will find rest to your souls,
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 →