Parallel Verses
Montgomery 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.
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.
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 those who hunger and thirst for the righteousness, for they shall be completely 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 you forgive men their offenses against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you also;
Matthew 18:33-35
"'Ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow slave, just as I had pity on you?'
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you showed for his cause, in sending help to your fellow Christians, as you are still doing.
Mark 11:25
And whenever you stand up to pray, forgive, if you have anything against any one, that so your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."
Luke 6:35
"But you must love even your enemies and be kind to them, And lend, despairing of no man. Then your reward will be great, And you will be the sons of the Most High; For he is kind even to the ungrateful and to the evil.
Romans 11:30
And as in times past you were yourselves disobedient to God, but now, thanks to their disobedience, have obtained mercy;
1 Corinthians 7:25
I have no command from the Lord to give you concerning unmarried women; but I give you my opinion, and it is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your confidence.
2 Corinthians 4:1
So then, as I have this ministry because of God's mercy to me, I do not lose heart.
Ephesians 4:32-1
and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.
Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as God's chosen people, consecrated and beloved, clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, good temper;
1 Timothy 1:13
although I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a doer of outrage. But I obtained mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief.
1 Timothy 1:16
Yet for this very cause I obtained mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might display all his boundless patience as an illustration for those who should later believe in him, and so gain life eternal.
2 Timothy 1:16-18
The Lord show mercy to the house hold of Onesiphorus; for many a time he refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain.
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to the man who has showed no mercy. but mercy glories in the face of judgment.
James 3:17
But the wisdom which comes from on high is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, conciliatory, overflowing with mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without insincerity.