Lamentations 3:27-28

New International Version

²⁷It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is young.

²⁸Let him sit alone in silence,^(A)
for the Lord has laid it on him.

Lamentations 3:27-28

King James Version

²⁷It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

²⁸He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

²⁷^(A)It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.

²⁸^(B)Let him sit alone and keep silent,
Because God has laid it on him;

New International Version (NIV)