Lamentations 3:30
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Hee giueth his cheeke to him that smiteth him, hee is filled full with reproch.
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1NOW 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.
1¶ Now gather thy selfe in troupes, O daughter of troupes: he hath laid siege against vs: they shal smite the Iudge of Israel with a rod vpon the cheeke.
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20Reproach 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.
20Reproch hath broken my heart, and I am full of heauines: and I looked for some †to take pitie, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
- Psalms 69:9Rank 10 from verse 30
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Lamentations 3:30
The side of the face below the eyes on each side.
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Third-person singular present form of smite (to strike, beat, afflict, wound, or slay).
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fill. Sense 1: To make full or occupy capacity. Sense 2: To satisfy. Sense 3: To occupy. Sense 4: To complete what is lacking.
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Sense 1: Shame, disgrace, dishonour, contempt, blame, reviling, or taunt. Sense 2: As a verb, to shame, insult, blame, or speak contemptuously against.
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29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
29He putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
30He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
30Hee giueth his cheeke to him that smiteth him, hee is filled full with reproch.
Selected passage31For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
31For the LORD will not cast off for euer.