Parallel Verses
Daniel Mace New Testament
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
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.
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 Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be satisfied. 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 trespasses, your heavenly father will also forgive you.
Matthew 18:33-35
should not you then have had the like compassion for thy fellow servant as I had for thee?
Hebrews 6:10
for God is too just to his promise not to regard your piety, and the love which you have shewn to the christian religion by the assistance ye have given to the saints, and still continue to give.
Mark 11:25
only when you are dispos'd to prayer, if you have any cause of complaint against any one, forgive him, that your heavenly father may forgive you your offences.
Luke 6:35
but as for you, love your enemies, do good, and lend without expecting any advantage from it: so shall your reward be great, in acting like the children of the most high: for he is kind to the most ungrateful wretches.
Romans 11:30
as you in times past did not obey God, yet have now obtained mercy upon the occasion of their disobedience:
1 Corinthians 7:25
As to the case of celibacy, I have no positive instructions: yet my advice deserves to be regarded, as coming from one the divine favour has distinguished.
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, having by the divine favour such a ministry, I exert myself:
Ephesians 4:32-1
be mutually kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Colossians 3:12
be you therefore adorn'd with a compassionate temper, with benevolence, humility, meekness, patience as becometh saints and chosen favourites of God:
1 Timothy 1:13
who was before a blasphemer, and a violent persecutor; but I obtained mercy, because I acted thro' ignorance in incrudelity.
1 Timothy 1:16
however I obtained mercy, that Jesus Christ might demonstrate the greatness of his clemency, by making me an eminent instance of it to those who should hereafter believe in him, in order to eternal life.
2 Timothy 1:16-18
the Lord be favourable to the family of Onesiphorus; for he often reliev'd me, and was not asham'd of my chains:
Hebrews 4:16
us therefore approach with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may obtain the seasonable assistance of divine mercy and favour.
James 2:13
for he that has not shewed mercy, shall be condemn'd without mercy: while the merciful shall triumph at his trial.
James 3:17
but wisdom deriv'd from heaven is first dispassionate, then pacific, equitable, and obsequious: full of beneficence, and all social virtue, free from partiality, and hypocrisy.
1 Peter 2:10
of darkness into his marvellous light: you, who formerly were not a people, but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy,