Lamentations 3:30
Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
In Context
29Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.
31For the Lord will not cast us off forever.
Cross References
Job 30:10They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
Psalms 69:20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
Isaiah 50:6I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
Matthew 5:39But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also;
Luke 6:29If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.
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 →