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Lamentations 3:30

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

KJV

Dabit percutienti se maxillam : saturabitur opprobriis.

Vulgate

Ἰώδ. Δώσει τῷ παίοντι αὐτὸν σιαγόνα, χορτασθήσεται ὀνειδισμῶν,

LXX

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

ASV

יִתֵּ֧ן לְ/מַכֵּ֛/הוּ לֶ֖חִי יִשְׂבַּ֥ע בְּ/חֶרְפָּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חֶרְפַּ֥ת
chrpt
noun · 70×
יִֽשְׂבַּֽע
yshb'
verb · 96×
לֶּ֑חִי
lchy
noun · 19×
ם
m
verb · 499×
ם
m
verb · 1995×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 22:24 — But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
  • 2Cor 11:20 — For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
  • 2Cor 11:20 — For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
  • Isa 50:6 — I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
  • Isa 50:6 — I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
  • Job 16:10 — They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
  • Job 16:10 — They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
  • Luke 6:29 — And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
  • Luke 6:29 — And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
  • Matt 5:39 — But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
  • Matt 5:39 — But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
  • Matt 26:67 — Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
  • Matt 26:67 — Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
  • Mic 5:1 — Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
  • Mic 5:1 — Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
  • Ps 3:7 — Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
  • Ps 22:6 — But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
  • Ps 69:20 — Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
  • Ps 123:3 — Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.