Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"How blessed are those who are merciful, because it is they who will receive mercy!
A Conservative Version
Blessed are the merciful, because they will obtain mercy.
American Standard Version
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
"Those persons who show mercy [toward others] will be blessed because they will be shown mercy [themselves].
Anderson New Testament
Blessed are the merciful; for they shall receive mercy.
Bible in Basic English
Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.
Common New Testament
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Darby Translation
Blessed the merciful, for they shall find mercy.
Godbey New Testament
Blessed are the merciful: because they shall receive mercy.
Goodspeed New Testament
"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy!
John Wesley New Testament
Happy are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.
Julia Smith Translation
Happy the compasaionate: for they shall be commiserated.
King James 2000
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Blessed [are] the merciful, because they will be shown mercy.
Modern King James verseion
Blessed are the merciful! For they shall obtain mercy.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Moffatt New Testament
Blessed are the merciful! they will find mercy.
Montgomery New Testament
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
NET Bible
"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
New Heart English Bible
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Noyes New Testament
Blessed are the merciful; for they will obtain mercy.
Sawyer New Testament
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
The Emphasized Bible
Happy, the merciful; for, they, shall receive mercy:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall find mercy.
Webster
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Weymouth New Testament
"Blessed are the compassionate, for they shall receive compassion.
Williams New Testament
"Blessed are those who show mercy, for they will have mercy shown them.
World English Bible
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Worrell New Testament
"Happy are the merciful: because they shall receive mercy.
Worsley New Testament
Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.
Youngs Literal Translation
Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness.
Themes
Beatitudes of Christ » 5th mercifulness (an attribute of God, indicating further advance)
Character » Of saints » Merciful
Character of saints » Merciful
Christian conduct » Blessedness of maintaining
Disciples/apostles » What the disciples are
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the merciful
Happiness of saints in this life » Described by Christ in the beatitudes
Mercy » Man commanded to exercise
Mercy » Blessedness of showing
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 5:7
Prayers for Matthew 5:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Beatitudes
6
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:26
With the
Proverbs 11:17
But the cruel man
Proverbs 19:17
And He will repay him for his
Matthew 6:14-15
Matthew 18:33-35
Hebrews 6:10
For
Job 31:16-22
Or have caused the eyes of
Psalm 18:25
With the
Psalm 37:26
And
Psalm 41:1-4
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed is he who
The Lord will deliver him
Psalm 112:4
He is
Psalm 112:9
His righteousness endures forever;
His
Proverbs 14:21
But
Isaiah 57:1
And devout men are taken away, while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from
Isaiah 58:6-12
To
To undo the bands of the yoke,
And to
And
Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, may my
Hosea 1:6
Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And
Hosea 2:1
Hosea 2:23
And
‘You are My people!’
And
Micah 6:8
And
But to
And to walk
Mark 11:25
Luke 6:35
Romans 11:30
For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,
1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning virgins I have
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since we have this
Ephesians 4:32-1
Colossians 3:12
So, as those who have been
1 Timothy 1:13
even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a
1 Timothy 1:16
Yet for this reason I
2 Timothy 1:16-18
The Lord grant mercy to
Hebrews 4:16
Therefore let us
James 2:13
For
James 3:17
But the wisdom
1 Peter 2:10