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Lamentations 3:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

to give one’s cheek to the smiter and be filled with insults.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: He is filled full with reproach.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Let him give his cheek to the One Who smites him [even through His human agents]; let him be filled [full] with [men's] reproach [in meekness].

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.

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Common English Bible

He should offer his cheek for a blow; he should be filled with shame.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

JOD. He shall give his cheek to those who strike him; he shall be saturated with reproaches.

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him he shall be filled with reproaches.

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Lamentations 3:30
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They have gaped at me with their mouths; they have struck me insolently on the cheek; they mass themselves together against me.


They abhor me; they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.


Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.


Insults have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.


It is zeal for your house that has consumed me; the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.


I gave my back to those who struck me and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting.


Now you are walled around with a wall; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the ruler of Israel upon the cheek.


Then they spat in his face and struck him, and some slapped him,


But I say to you: Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also,


If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt.


For you put up with it when someone makes slaves of you or preys upon you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or gives you a slap in the face.