Lamentations 3:30
He will give his cheek to him that smites him: 1 He will be filled full with reproaches. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
In Context
31For the Lord will not reject forever. 1
Cross References
Job 30:10And they stood aloof and abhorred me, 1 And spared not to spit in my face. 1
Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to scourges, and my cheeks to blows; and I turned not away my face from the shame of spitting:
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:22-37
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the… Read the whole commentary →