They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Lamentations 3:30 - King James 2000 He gives his cheek to him that strikes him: he is filled full with reproach. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: He is filled full with reproach. 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]. American Standard Version (1901) Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach. Common English Bible He should offer his cheek for a blow; he should be filled with shame. Catholic Public Domain Version JOD. He shall give his cheek to those who strike him; he shall be saturated with reproaches. 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. |
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and hesitate not to spit in my face.
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Reproach has 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.
For the zeal of your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached you are fallen upon me.
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked out the beard: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us: they shall strike the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others struck him with the palms of their hands,
But I say unto you, That you resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
And unto him that smites you on the one cheek offer also the other; and he that takes away your cloak forbid not to take your coat also.
For you permit it, if a man brings you into bondage, if a man devours you, if a man takes of you, if a man exalts himself, if a man smites you on the face.