Lamentations 3:30

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Let him offer his cheek to the one who strikes him, and let him be filled with disgrace.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 50:6 : 6 I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.
  • Job 16:10 : 10 They gape at me with their mouths; they strike my cheeks in scorn and together they conspire against me.
  • Matt 5:39 : 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also.
  • Matt 26:67 : 67 Then they spat in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him,
  • Luke 6:29 : 29 If someone strikes you on one cheek, offer them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt either.
  • 2 Cor 11:20 : 20 In fact, you put up with anyone who enslaves you, devours you, takes advantage of you, exalts himself, or strikes you in the face.
  • Ps 69:9 : 9 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s sons.
  • Ps 69:20 : 20 You know my reproach, my shame, and my disgrace; all my adversaries are before you.
  • Ps 123:3 : 3 Show us mercy, O LORD, show us mercy, for we have had more than enough of scorn.
  • Mic 5:1 : 1 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come one for me to be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Lam 3:28-29
    2 verses
    80%

    28Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.

    29Let him put his mouth in the dust—there may yet be hope.

  • Isa 50:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.

    7Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore, I have set my face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.

  • Luke 6:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29If someone strikes you on one cheek, offer them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt either.

    30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

  • Matt 5:38-40
    3 verses
    76%

    38You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

    39But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also.

    40And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.

  • Job 16:10
    74%

    10They gape at me with their mouths; they strike my cheeks in scorn and together they conspire against me.

  • 1 Pet 2:23
    74%

    23When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.

  • Rom 15:3
    71%

    3For even Christ did not please Himself; as it is written: 'The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.'

  • Ps 89:41
    71%

    41You have broken through all his walls; you have reduced his strongholds to ruins.

  • Ps 79:12
    71%

    12Repay our neighbors sevenfold into their own laps the scorn they have hurled at You, Lord.

  • Luke 22:63-64
    2 verses
    71%

    63The men who were holding Jesus began mocking and beating him.

    64They blindfolded him, struck him in the face, and demanded, 'Prophesy! Who hit you?'

  • Luke 18:32
    71%

    32'He will be handed over to the Gentiles, mocked, abused, and spit upon.'

  • Matt 27:30
    70%

    30They spat on Him, took the staff, and struck Him on the head repeatedly.

  • Mark 14:65
    70%

    65Then some began to spit on him. They blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, "Prophesy!" And the guards took him and beat him.

  • Matt 27:44
    70%

    44The robbers who were crucified with Him also heaped insults on Him in the same way.

  • Ps 22:7
    70%

    7But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.

  • Matt 26:67
    70%

    67Then they spat in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him,

  • Ps 69:7
    70%

    7Let those who hope in you, Lord God of Hosts, not be ashamed because of me; let those who seek you, God of Israel, not be humiliated because of me.

  • Lam 3:31
    70%

    31For the Lord will not reject forever.

  • Ps 44:16
    70%

    16All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face.

  • Ps 141:5
    69%

    5Let a righteous person strike me—it is a kindness; let them rebuke me—it is oil on my head, which my head will not refuse. For my prayer is still against the deeds of the wicked.

  • 2 Cor 11:20
    69%

    20In fact, you put up with anyone who enslaves you, devours you, takes advantage of you, exalts himself, or strikes you in the face.

  • Mark 12:3
    69%

    3But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

  • Isa 53:3
    69%

    3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Like one from whom people hide their faces, he was despised, and we did not esteem him.

  • Lam 3:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drink wormwood.

    16He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in ashes.

  • Ps 69:20
    69%

    20You know my reproach, my shame, and my disgrace; all my adversaries are before you.

  • Job 27:23
    69%

    23It claps its hands at him and hisses at him as he is driven away from his place.

  • John 18:23
    69%

    23Jesus replied, 'If I said something wrong, testify about what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why do you hit me?'

  • 1 Pet 2:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19For this is commendable: if someone endures grief, suffering unjustly because of their conscience toward God.

    20What credit is it if you sin and are beaten for it, and you endure? But if you do good and suffer for it, and you endure, this is commendable before God.

  • Prov 3:34
    69%

    34He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.

  • Job 21:31
    69%

    31Who will confront him with his conduct? Who repays him for what he has done?

  • Ps 35:26
    69%

    26Let those who rejoice at my distress be ashamed and disgraced together; let those who exalt themselves over me wear shame and dishonor.

  • Job 19:3
    68%

    3You have insulted me ten times now; you are not even ashamed that you mistreat me.

  • Mark 15:19
    68%

    19They kept striking His head with a staff, spitting on Him, and kneeling down in mock worship of Him.

  • Prov 13:18
    68%

    18Poverty and shame come to those who ignore discipline, but those who heed correction are honored.

  • Lam 3:3
    68%

    3Surely against me He turns His hand again and again, all day long.

  • Ps 69:10
    68%

    10For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

  • 1 Pet 3:9
    68%

    9Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the contrary, give a blessing, because to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing.

  • Prov 24:25
    68%

    25But it will go well with those who rebuke, and a blessing of goodness will come upon them.

  • 1 Pet 4:14
    68%

    14If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

  • Prov 12:14
    68%

    14From the fruit of their lips, people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.

  • Exod 21:25
    68%

    25burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

  • Ps 55:12
    68%

    12Destruction is in its midst; oppression and deceit do not leave its streets.