Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

[It is] good for a man who carries the yoke of his childhood.

New American Standard Bible

It is good for a man that he should bear
The yoke in his youth.

King James Version

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Holman Bible

It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is still young.

International Standard Version

It is good when a young man carries the yoke of discipline in his youth.

A Conservative Version

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

American Standard Version

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Amplified


It is good for a man that he should bear
The yoke [of godly discipline] in his youth.

Bible in Basic English

It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young.

Darby Translation

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:

Julia Smith Translation

Good for a man that he shall lift up the yoke in his youth.

King James 2000

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Modern King James verseion

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O how good is it, for a man, to take the yoke upon him from his youth up?

NET Bible

It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.

New Heart English Bible

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke while he is young.

The Emphasized Bible

Good it is for a man, that he should bear the yoke in his youth.

Webster

It is good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.

World English Bible

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Youngs Literal Translation

Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
for a man
גּבר 
Geber 
Usage: 65

that he bear
נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

the yoke
עול על 
`ol 
Usage: 40

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Israel's Affliction

26 [It is] good to wait in silence for the salvation of Yahweh. 27 [It is] good for a man who carries the yoke of his childhood. 28 Let him sit alone and be silent when he has laid it on him.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth-- before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them!"

Psalm 90:12

So teach [us] to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 94:12

Blessed [is] the man, O Yah, whom you instruct and teach from your law,

Psalm 119:71

[It is] good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn your statutes.

Matthew 11:29-30

Take my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Hebrews 12:5-12

And have you completely forgotten the exhortation which instructs you as sons? "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, or give up [when you] are corrected by him.

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