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It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
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The Twofold Meaning of the Yoke
Commentators like John Calvin and John Gill explain that the "yoke" in this verse has a rich, dual meaning. It can refer to the yoke of affliction and God's chastisement, which humbles us and teaches endurance. It can also signify the yoke of God's teaching and commandments, where we learn to submit to His will and His word. Both are considered "good" for shaping a believer's life.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In these three verses, each beginning in the Hebrew with the word "good," we have, first, the fundamental idea that Yahweh Himself is good. If He i…
19th Century
Anglican
Bear the yoke in his youth. — The words have been pressed “with a strange literalism” in favor of the view that …
Baptist
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Wh…
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16th Century
Protestant
This verse allows for two meanings; for the word yoke may be explained as signifying teaching or the scourges of God. Indeed, we undertake or bear …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth . Either the yoke of the commandments, as the Targum; or o…
Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that th…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here he shows the divine mercy through the expectation of future benefits.
First, he presents the expectation.
Second, he presents th…
