Lamentations 3:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Heb 12:5-9 : 5 and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore, {G3303} we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness. 11 {G1161} {G3303} All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, {G1223} [even the fruit] of righteousness. 12 Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;
Ps 90:12 : 12 So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.
Ps 94:12 : 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;
Ps 119:71 : 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lam 3:25-26
2 verses
82%
25Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.
Lam 3:28-29
2 verses
80%
28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.
29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
Eccl 11:8-10
3 verses
71%
8Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
1 Pet 3:17
70%
17For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.
Job 5:27
70%
27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Prov 12:25
70%
25Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.
Prov 3:11
69%
11My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:
Eccl 3:10
69%
10I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
Lam 3:1
69%
1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Ps 119:71
69%
71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.
Eccl 3:12-13
2 verses
69%
12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.
13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
Ps 37:7
68%
7Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Isa 40:30
68%
30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Job 5:17
68%
17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Eccl 7:14
68%
14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything [that shall be] after him.
Eccl 12:1
68%
1Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Eccl 7:2-3
2 verses
68%
2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
Eccl 7:18
68%
18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.
Prov 20:29
67%
29The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
Matt 11:30
67%
30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
1 Cor 7:26
67%
26I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, [namely,] that it is good for a man to be as he is.
Eccl 3:22
67%
22Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?
Eccl 4:3
67%
3yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Ps 94:13
67%
13That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Jer 17:7
67%
7Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is.
Job 22:21
67%
21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.
Prov 16:31
67%
31The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.
Eccl 5:18
67%
18Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.
1 Pet 2:19
67%
19For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully.
Gen 49:15
67%
15And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork.
Gal 6:5
67%
5For each man shall bear his own burden.
Prov 29:21
67%
21He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.
Lam 1:14
67%
14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; He hath made my strength to fail: The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
Ps 37:3
67%
3Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on [his] faithfulness.
Ps 118:8
67%
8It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in man.
Prov 22:6
67%
6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Prov 3:4
67%
4So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
Ps 125:4
66%
4Do good, O Jehovah, unto those that are good, And to them that are upright in their hearts.
Prov 3:13
66%
13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.
Eccl 2:24
66%
24There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
Ps 37:23
66%
23A man's goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.
Lam 5:13
66%
13The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.
Prov 29:1
66%
1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Prov 3:27
66%
27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.