3:30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him; 1
let him have his fill of insults.
3:45 You make us like filthy scum 2
in the estimation 3 of the nations.
1 tn Heb “to the smiter.”
2 tn Heb “offscouring and refuse.” The two nouns סְחִי וּמָאוֹס (sÿkhi uma’os) probably form a nominal hendiadys, in which the first noun functions as an adjective and the second retains its full nominal sense: “filthy refuse,” i.e., “filthy scum.”
3 tn Heb “in the midst of.”