Lamentations 3:30 KJV — MannaFest

Lamentations 3:30

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

KJV

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ASV

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

DBT

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

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Lamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.

Author: Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
Date: Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC

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15 verses on the floor

Matthew 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.
Isaiah 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.
Matthew 26:67
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
Micah 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.

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He does not fight against the yoke (Jer 31:18; Ac 9:5), but accommodates himself to it. alone--The heathen applauded magnanimity, but they looked to display and the praise of men. The child of God, in the absence of any witness, "alone," silently submits to the will of God. borne it upon him--that is, because he is used to bearing it on him.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

4 , whose souls were exceedingly filled with the contempt of the proud ), he shall find that it is good to bear the yoke, that it shall turn to his spiritual advantage. The sum is, If tribulation work patience, that patience will work experience, and that experience a hope that makes not ashamed.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

LAM 3:30ISA 50:6 MAT 27:30
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LAM 3:30ISA 50:6 MAT 26:67
LAM 3:30MAT 5:39 1TH 5:15
LAM 3:30MAT 5:39 1PE 3:9
LAM 3:30ISA 50:6 MRK 14:65
LAM 3:30MAT 5:39 ROM 12:17-19
LAM 3:30MAT 26:67 ISA 50:6
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LAM 3:30MAT 5:39 PRO 20:22

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