Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Happy, they who hunger and thirst for righteousness; for, they, shall be filled:

New American Standard Bible

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

King James Version

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Holman Bible

Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are blessed,
for they will be filled.

International Standard Version

"How blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, because it is they who will be satisfied!

A Conservative Version

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.

American Standard Version

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Amplified

“Blessed [joyful, nourished by God’s goodness] are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness [those who actively seek right standing with God], for they will be [completely] satisfied.

An Understandable Version

"Those persons who have an appetite for whatever is right will be blessed because they will be satisfied.

Anderson New Testament

Bless ed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness; for they shall be filled.

Bible in Basic English

Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.

Common New Testament

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Daniel Mace New Testament

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be satisfied.

Darby Translation

Blessed they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Godbey New Testament

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: because they shall be filled.

Goodspeed New Testament

"Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for uprightness, for they will be satisfied!

John Wesley New Testament

Happy are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be satisfied.

Julia Smith Translation

Happy they hungering and thirsting for Justice: for they shall be filled.

King James 2000

Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Blessed [are] the ones who hunger and thirst [for] righteousness, because they will be satisfied.

Modern King James verseion

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness! For they shall be filled.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Moffatt New Testament

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for goodness! they will be satisfied.

Montgomery New Testament

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for the righteousness, for they shall be completely satisfied.

NET Bible

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

New Heart English Bible

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Noyes New Testament

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they will be filled.

Sawyer New Testament

Blessed are those that hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be fed to the full.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

Webster

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Weymouth New Testament

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be completely satisfied.

Williams New Testament

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for being and doing right, for they will be completely satisfied.

World English Bible

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Worrell New Testament

"Happy are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness: because they shall be filled.

Worsley New Testament

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be satisfied.

Youngs Literal Translation

Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness -- because they shall be filled.

Interlinear

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

πεινάω 
Peinao 
hunger, be an hungred, be hungry, hungry
Usage: 12

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

διψάω 
Dipsao 
Usage: 6

δικαιοσύνη 
Dikaiosune 
Usage: 83

for
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764


Usage: 0

Devotionals

Devotionals about Matthew 5:6

Devotionals containing Matthew 5:6

References

Images Matthew 5:6

Prayers for Matthew 5:6

Context Readings

The Beatitudes

5 Happy, the meek; for, they, shall inherit the earth: 6 Happy, they who hunger and thirst for righteousness; for, they, shall be filled: 7 Happy, the merciful; for, they, shall receive mercy:



Cross References

John 4:14

But, whosoever shall drink of the water which, I, will give him, in nowise shall thirst, unto times age-abiding, - but, the water which I will give him, shall become, within him, a fountain of water, springing up unto life age-abiding.

John 6:48-58

I am the bread of life: -

John 7:37

Now, on the last - the great - day of the feast, Jesus was standing, and he cried aloud, saying - If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink:

Psalm 4:6-7

Multitudes, are saying, Who will show us prosperity? Lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance, O Yahweh.

Psalm 17:15

I, in righteousness, shall behold thy face, Shall be satisfied when awakened by a vision of thee.

Psalm 42:1-2

BOOK THE SECOND As, the hart, cometh panting up to the channels of water, So my soul, panteth for thee, O God.

Psalm 63:1-2

O God, my GOD, thou art, Earnestly do I desire thee, - My soul thirsteth for thee, My flesh fainteth for thee, In a land - dry, and weary for want of water, -

Psalm 63:5

As with fatness and richness, shall my soul be satisfied, And, with joyfully shouting lips, shall my mouth utter praise.

Psalm 65:4

How happy the man thou shalt choose and bring near! He shall bide in thy courts, - We shall be satisfied with, The blessing of thy house, The holiness of thy temple.

Psalm 84:2

My soul, longeth - yea even languisheth - for the courts of Yahweh, - My heart and my flesh, shout aloud for a Living GOD.

Psalm 107:9

For he hath satisfied the longing soul, and, the famished soul, hath he filled with good.

Psalm 145:19

The desire of them who revere him, will he fulfil, and, their cry, will he hear, and will save them.

Song of Songs 5:1

HEI have entered my garden, my sister, bride, I have plucked my myrrh, with my balsam, I have eaten the honey of my thicket, I have drunk my wine, with my milk: - Eat ye, O friends, Drink, yea drink abundantly, ye beloved!

Isaiah 25:6

Then will Yahweh of hosts prepare for all the peoples in this mountain, A banquet of fat things, A banquet of old wines, - Of fat things full of marrow, Of old wines well refined;

Isaiah 41:17

As for the oppressed and the needy. Seeking water when there is none, Their tongue with thirst being parched I - Yahweh, will answer them, The God of Israel, I will not forsake them:

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour, Water upon the thirsty soil, and Floods upon the dry ground, - I will pour My spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring;

Isaiah 49:9-10

Saying To them who are hound Go forth, To them who are in darkness, Shew yourselves, - By the roads, shall they graze, And on all bare places, shall be their pasture:

Isaiah 55:1-3

Ho! every one that thirsteth! Come ye to the waters, Yea he that hath no money, - Come ye - buy corn, and eat, Yea come - buy corn without money, And without price, wine and milk,

Isaiah 65:13

Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, - Lo! my servants, shall eat but, ye, shall be famished, Lo! my servants, shall drink but, ye shall be thirsty, - Lo! my servants, shall rejoice but ye, shall turn pale;

Isaiah 66:11

That ye may draw to satisfaction out of the fountain a of her consolations, - That ye may drain out and get exquisite delight from the abundance of her glory.

Amos 8:11-13

Lo! days are coming, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, that I will send a hunger throughout the land, - not a hunger for food, nor a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Yahweh;

Luke 1:53

The hungry, hath he filled with good things, and, the wealthy, hath he sent empty away;

Luke 6:21

Happy, ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Happy, ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

Luke 6:25

Alas! for you, ye who are filled full now, for ye shall hunger. Alas! ye that laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.

John 6:27

Be working, not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that endureth unto life age-abiding, - which, the Son of Man, unto you, will give; for upon, the same, hath the Father, even God, set his seal.

Revelation 7:16

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither in any wise shall the sun fall upon them, nor any burning heat;

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