Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after 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 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.

The Emphasized Bible

Happy, they who 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 Blessed are the meek! For they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness! For they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful! For they shall obtain mercy.

Cross References

John 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

John 6:48-58

I am the Bread of life.

John 7:37

And in the last day of the great feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.

Psalm 4:6-7

There are many who say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift up the light of Your face on us.

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with Your image.

Psalm 42:1-2

To the Chief Musician. A contemplation; for the sons of Korah. As the hart pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after You, O God.

Psalm 63:1-2

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; I will seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You, as in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Psalm 63:5

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips,

Psalm 65:4

Blessed is the one whom You choose, and cause to come near You. He shall dwell in Your courts; we shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, of Your holy temple.

Psalm 84:2

My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh shout for joy to the living God.

Psalm 107:9

For He satisfies the thirsty soul, and fills the hungry soul with good.

Psalm 145:19

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

Song of Songs 5:1

I have come into My garden, My sister, My spouse; I have gathered My myrrh with My spice; I have eaten My honeycomb with My honey; I have drunk My wine with My milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O Beloved.

Isaiah 25:6

And in this mountain Jehovah of Hosts shall make a feast of fat things for all the people, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of refined wine on the lees.

Isaiah 41:17

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue fails for thirst, I Jehovah will hear them, I the God of Israel will not leave them.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground. I will pour My spirit on your seed, and My blessing on your offspring;

Isaiah 49:9-10

that You may say to the prisoners, Go out! To those who are in darkness, Show yourselves! They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

Isaiah 55:1-3

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat. Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Isaiah 65:13

So the Lord Jehovah says, Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be ashamed.

Isaiah 66:11

that you may suck and be satisfied with her comforting breasts; that you may milk out and be delighted with the fullness of her glory.

Amos 8:11-13

Behold, the days come, says the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land; not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the Words of Jehovah.

Luke 1:53

He has filled the hungry with good things, and He has sent away the rich empty.

Luke 6:21

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who are full! For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! For you shall mourn and weep.

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for that food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father sealed Him.

Revelation 7:16

They will not hunger any more, nor thirst any more, nor will the sun light on them, nor any heat.

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