Parallel Verses
Noyes New Testament
Blessed are the merciful; for they will 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.
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.
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 will be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful; for they will obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart; for they will 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
shouldst not thou also have had pity on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work, and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered and are still ministering to the saints.
Mark 11:25
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one, that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, and do good and lend, despairing of no one; and your reward will be great, and ye will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the unthankful and wicked.
Romans 11:30
For as ye in times past were disobedient to God, but have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,
1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, having this ministry through the mercy we received, we are not fainthearted;
Ephesians 4:32-1
and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Colossians 3:12
Clothe yourselves, therefore, as the chosen of God, holy and beloved, with compassionate affections, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
1 Timothy 1:13
though formerly I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a doer of outrage; but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief;
1 Timothy 1:16
But for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me especially Christ Jesus might show forth all his longsuffering, as an example to those who should hereafter believe in him to life everlasting.
2 Timothy 1:16-18
The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain; but on the contrary,
Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
James 2:13
For the judgment shall be without mercy to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glorieth against judgment.
James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.
1 Peter 2:10
who once were not a people, but are now the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.