Parallel Verses

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.

New American Standard Bible

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

King James Version

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Holman Bible

The merciful are blessed,
for they will be shown mercy.

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

“Blessed [content, sheltered by God’s promises] are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.

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:

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
μακάριος 
Makarios 
Usage: 21

ἐλεήμων 
Eleemon 
Usage: 1

for
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764


Usage: 0

Devotionals

Devotionals about Matthew 5:7

Images Matthew 5:7

Prayers for Matthew 5:7

Context Readings

The Beatitudes

6 Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be fed to the full. 7 Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.



Cross References

Matthew 6:14-15

For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

Matthew 18:33-35

and oughtest thou not to have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee?

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have demonstrated in his name, having ministered assistance to the saints, and still ministering.

Mark 11:25

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have a matter against any man: that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for nothing in return: and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Most High; for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the wicked.

Romans 11:30

For as ye also in times past did not believe in God, but now have obtained mercy through their unbelief:

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I offer my opinion, as having obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.

2 Corinthians 4:1

THEREFORE having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;

Ephesians 4:32-1

but be ye kind one to another, full of sensibility, forgiving mutually, even as God in Christ hath forgiven you.

Colossians 3:12

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;

1 Timothy 1:13

who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and insolently violent, But I was admitted to mercy, for I did it ignorantly in unbelief;

1 Timothy 1:16

But for this end obtained I mercy, that in me, the chief, Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to those who should after believe in him unto eternal life.

2 Timothy 1:16-18

The Lord grant mercy unto the household of Onesiphorus because he frequently was a refreshment to my soul, and was not ashamed of my chain:

Hebrews 4:16

Let us therefore approach with boldness the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for seasonable help.

James 2:13

For judgment without mercy shall be on him who shewed no mercy, and mercy glorieth against judgment.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, meek, easily persuadable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and void of dissimulation.

1 Peter 2:10

who in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but are now the objects of mercy.

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