Lamentations 3:30
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.”
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“Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Lamentations 3:30 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 16:10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
- Job 30:10They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
- Psalms 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
- 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.
- Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
- 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.
- Micah 5:1Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
- Matthew 5:39But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
- Matthew 26:67Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
- 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.
- 2 Corinthians 11:20In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
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