Ratapan 3:30

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Biarlah ia memberikan pipi kepada yang menamparnya, biarlah ia kenyang dengan cercaan.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Biarlah ia memberikan pipi kepada yang menamparnya, biarlah ia kenyang dengan cercaan.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Baiklah dibiarkannya pipinya kepada orang yang menampar dia; baiklah ia kenyang-kenyang dengan kecelaan.

Contextual Overview

²¹ Whyle I consider these thinges in my heart, I get a hope agayne. ²² [Namely] it is of the Lordes mercies that we are not vtterly consumed, for truely his pitifull compassion hath not ceassed. ²³ Newe mercyes shall the Lord shewe vpon thee early in the day springing, (O Lorde) great is thy faythfulnesse. ²⁴ The Lorde is my portion saith my soule therefore wyll I hope in hym. ²⁵ O howe good is the Lord vnto them that put their trust in hym, and to the soule that seeketh after hym. ²⁶ The good man with stilnesse and pacience, taryeth for the health of the Lorde. ²⁷ O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon him from his youth vp? ²⁸ He sitteth alone, he holdeth hym styll, because he hath taken [the Lordes yoke] vpon hym. ²⁹ He layeth his face vpon the earth, if there happen to be any hope. ³⁰ He offreth his cheeke to the smyter, he wyll be content with reproffes:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

his: Job 16:10, Isaiah 50:6, Micah 5:1, Matthew 5:39, Matthew 26:67, Luke 6:29, 2 Corinthians 11:20

filled: Psalms 69:9, Psalms 69:20, Psalms 123:3

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:24 - smote Micaiah 2 Chronicles 18:23 - Zedekiah Psalms 3:7 - thou Psalms 22:6 - a reproach Lamentations 3:61 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He giveth [his] cheek to him that smiteth him,.... Either to God that afflicts him, and patiently bears it; see Isaiah 9:13; or rather to men. To be smitten on the cheek is always reckoned a very great affront; to turn the cheek to an injurious man is to give him an opportunity and leave to smite, and signifies the taking of it patiently, and agrees both with our Lord's advice and example, Matthew 5:39;

he is filled full with reproach; has many reproaches, and the reproaches of many upon him; as such must expect, that take Christ's yoke upon them; see Psalms 123:3; and yet revile not again, but esteem reproaches for Christ's sake great riches, and wear them as crowns, and bind them about their necks as chains of gold; esteeming it an honour and a happiness to suffer shame for his name.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Translate:

Let him sit alone and keep silence;

For He (God) hath laid the yoke upon him.

Let him place his mouth in the dust;

Perchance there is hope.

Let him offer his cheek to him that smiteth him;

Let him be filled to the full with reproach.

It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth, but only if he bear it rightly. To attain this result, let him learn resignation, remembering who has laid the yoke upon him. This reverential silence is described Lamentations 3:29, as putting the mouth in the dust, and so lying prostrate before the Deity; while Lamentations 3:30 the harder task is imposed of bearing contumely with meekness (margin reference), and not shrinking from the last dregs of the cup of reproach. Many who submit readily to God are indignant when the suffering comes through men.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 30. He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth — He has that love that is not provoked. He is not quarrelsome, nor apt to resent injuries; he suffers long and is kind. Or, it may be rendered, "let him give his cheek."

He is filled full with reproach. — Though all this take place, yet let his "trust be in God, who will not cast off for ever." God will take his part, and bring him safely through all hardships.