Lamentations 3:27 Meaning and Explanation
“It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →It is good for a person to learn to bear the yoke of discipline early in life.
What Does Lamentations 3:27 Mean?
A third 'it is good' follows: 'that he bear the yoke in his youth.' The yoke that earlier was the crushing weight of sin is now considered in another light, as the discipline that shapes and strengthens a soul. To learn submission and endurance early, while young, is counted a good thing, for it forms a character able to bear what life brings.
There is hard-won wisdom here. Suffering, rightly received, can teach lessons that ease never could. The yoke borne in youth trains the heart to trust, to wait, to lean on God rather than self. The sufferer, having tasted affliction, can now see that even the yoke has a gift hidden in it, when it bends a soul toward God instead of away from him.
Lamentations 3:27 in the Original Language
'ol (עֹל), 'yoke' -- the bar that bends to labor; here the discipline that shapes the soul.
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What does Lamentations 3:27 mean?
It is good for a person to learn to bear the yoke of discipline early in life.