Isaiah 50:6
Good News Translation
I bared my back to those who beat me. I did not stop them when they insulted me, when they pulled out the hairs of my beard and spit in my face.

New Revised Standard Version
I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting.

Contemporary English Version
I let them beat my back and pull out my beard. I didn't turn aside when they insulted me and spit in my face.

New American Bible
I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who tore out my beard; My face I did not hide from insults and spitting.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me.

gave

Lamentations 3:30 Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches.

Micah 5:1 Arise, and tread, O daughter of Sion: for I will make thy horn iron, and thy hoofs I will make brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples, and shalt immolate the spoils of them to the Lord, and their strength to the Lord of the whole earth.

Matthew 5:39 But I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other:

Matthew 26:67 Then did they spit in his face and buffeted him. And others struck his face with the palms of their hands,

Matthew 27:26 Then he released to them Barabbas: and having scourged Jesus, delivered him unto them to be crucified.

Mark 14:65 And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to buffet him and to say unto him: Prophesy. And the servants struck him with the palms their hands.

Mark 15:19 And they struck his head with a reed: and they did spit on him. And bowing their knees, they adored him.

Luke 22:63 And the men that held him mocked him and struck him.

John 8:11 Who said: No man, Lord. And Jesus said: Neither will I condemn thee. Go, and now sin no more.

Hebrews 12:1 And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us:

my cheeks.

2 Samuel 10:4 Wherefore Hanon took the servants of David, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut away half of their garments even to the buttocks, and sent them away.

that plucked

Nehemiah 13:25 And I chid them, and laid my curse upon them. And I beat some of them, and shaved off their hair, and made them swear by God that they would not give their daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for their sons, nor for themselves, saying:

I hid.

Context
The Servant's Obedience
5The Lord God hath opened my ear, and I do not resist: I have not gone back. 6I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me.7The Lord God is my helper, therefore am I not confounded: therefore have I set my face as a most hard rock, and I know that I shall not be confounded.…
Cross References
Matthew 26:67
Then did they spit in his face and buffeted him. And others struck his face with the palms of their hands,

Matthew 27:30
And spitting upon him, they took the reed and struck his head.

Mark 14:65
And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to buffet him and to say unto him: Prophesy. And the servants struck him with the palms their hands.

Mark 15:19
And they struck his head with a reed: and they did spit on him. And bowing their knees, they adored him.

Luke 22:63
And the men that held him mocked him and struck him.

Numbers 12:14
And the Lord answered him: If her father had spitten upon her face, ought she not to have been ashamed for seven days at least? Let her be separated seven days without the camp, and afterwards she shall be called again.

Job 16:10
They have opened their mouths upon me, and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek, they are filled with my pains.

Job 30:10
They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face.

Psalm 69:7
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Lamentations 3:30
Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches.

Isaiah 50:5
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