Lamentations 3:30
He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
In Context
29He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.
31For the Lord doth not cast off to the age.
Cross References
Job 30:10They have abominated me, They have kept far from me, And from before me have not spared to spit.
Psalms 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.
Isaiah 50:6My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting.
Matthew 5:39but I — I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;
Luke 6:29and to him smiting thee upon the cheek, give also the other, and from him taking away from thee the mantle, also the coat thou mayest not keep back.
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 →