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

³⁰ to give one’s cheek to the smiter and be filled with insults.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: He is filled full with reproach.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ 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].

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.

Common English Bible

³⁰ He should offer his cheek for a blow; he should be filled with shame.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ JOD. He shall give his cheek to those who strike him; he shall be saturated with reproaches.

Lamentations 3:30 Cross References

Isaiah 50:6

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.

Job 16:10

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

Matthew 26:67

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

Matthew 5:39

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

2 Corinthians 11:20

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.

Luke 6:29

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.

Micah 5:1

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.

Psalm 123:3

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

Psalm 69:20

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.

Psalm 69:9

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

Job 30:10

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