Lamentations 3:27-28 - Compare All Versions
Lamentations 3:27-28 NIV (New International Version)
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young. Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on him.
Lamentations 3:27-28 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. Let him sit alone in silence when it is laid on him
Lamentations 3:27-28 NLT (New Living Translation)
And it is good for people to submit at an early age to the yoke of his discipline: Let them sit alone in silence beneath the LORD’s demands.
Lamentations 3:27-28 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young. Let him sit alone and be silent, for God has disciplined him.
Lamentations 3:27-28 KJV (King James Version)
It is good for a man that he bear The yoke in his youth. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, Because he hath borne it upon him.
Lamentations 3:27-28 NKJV (New King James Version)
It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth. Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him
Lamentations 3:25-30 MSG (The Message)
GOD proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks. It’s a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from GOD. It’s a good thing when you’re young to stick it out through the hard times. When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence. Bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions: Wait for hope to appear. Don’t run from trouble. Take it full-face. The “worst” is never the worst.
Lamentations 3:27-28 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth. Let him sit alone and keep quiet, Since He has laid it on him.
Lamentations 3:27-28 AMP (Amplified Bible)
It is good for a man that he should bear The yoke [of godly discipline] in his youth. Let him sit alone [in hope] and keep quiet, Because God has laid it on him [for his benefit]. [Rom 8:28]
Lamentations 3:27-28 NET (New English Translation)
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young. י (Yod) Let a person sit alone in silence, when the LORD is disciplining him.