Lamentations 3:27
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:27 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:27 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:27 — KJV
“It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.”
— Lamentations 3:27 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:27 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:27
“And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:27: good, bear
“And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. an...: or, half a furrow of an acre of land”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:27: bear, yoke
“He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:27: good, bear
“Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:27: good, youth
“Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.”
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