Lamentations 3:30
Let him offer his cheek to the one who strikes him, and let him be filled to the full with reproach. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 put his mouth in the dust—there may yet be hope. 1
31For the Lord will not reject us forever, 1
Cross References
Job 30:10They abhor me and stand far off from me; 1 they do not refrain from spitting in my face. 1
Psalms 69:20Rebuke has broken my heart; I am full of heaviness; 1 I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; 1 I looked for comforters, but I found none. 1
Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked out my beard; 1 I did not hide my face from acts of shame and spitting. 1
Matthew 5:39But I say to you, do not resist one who is evil. Instead, whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Luke 6:29To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer him also the other. If someone takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.
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 →