The King James Version Bible

Lamentations 3:30

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

Cross References

  1. 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.
  2. They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
  3. 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.
  4. For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
  5. 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.
  6. Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
  7. 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.
  8. Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
  9. 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.
  10. 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.