Lamentations 3:30
28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
- KJV
- He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
- WEB
- Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
- ASV
- Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.
- DARBY
- he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach.
- BLB
- Let him give [his] cheek to the one striking him; let him be filled with reproach!
- ÅB
- at han vender sitt kinn til den som slår ham, lar seg mette med hån.
- OTB
- La ham tilby sin kinn til den som slår ham, og la ham bli fylt med vanære.
- B1930
- at han vender sitt kinn til den som slår ham, lar sig mette med hån.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 50:6
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Read in contextJob 16:10
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Read in contextMatthew 5:39
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Read in contextMatthew 26:67
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:20
For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
Read in contextPsalms 69:20
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Read in contextLuke 6:29
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
Read in contextPsalms 123:3
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
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