Lamentations 3:30
Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him; let him be filled with insults.KAPH
New Heart English 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 to the dust, there may yet be hope.
31For the Lord will not reject forever.
Cross References
Job 30:10They abhor me, they stand aloof from me,and do not hesitate to spit in my face.
Psalms 69:20Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness.I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;for comforters, but I found none.
Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to the strikers, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.
Matthew 5:39But I tell you, do not resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Luke 6:29To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your coat also.
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 →