Lamentations 3:30
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Context
This verse from Lamentations Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. The central and longest lament shifts to first-person male singular. The man has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath — led into darkness with no light, his flesh wasted, his way blocked with hewn stone. The famous pivot: …
תרגומים נוספים
Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.
He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach.
Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame.
הפניות צולבות
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves …
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not …
Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge …
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy …
For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of …
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but …
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen …
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn …