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Lamentations 3:27
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lamentations 3:27 · World English Bible
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It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke while he is young.
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In context
24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
25 The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
26 It is good that a man should 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 Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.
30 Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
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