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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BSBPD

“Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Lamentations 3:30 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 16:10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
  2. Job 30:10They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
  3. Psalms 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
  4. 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.
  5. Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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;
  9. Matthew 26:67Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
  10. 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.
  11. 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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