Matthew 5:4
2 and He began to teach them, saying:
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
- KJV
- Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
- WEB
- Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
- ASV
- Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
- DARBY
- Blessed they that mourn, for *they* shall be comforted.
- BLB
- Blessed [are] those mourning, because they will be comforted.
- ÅB
- «Salige er de som sørger;
for de skal trøstes. - OTB
- Salige er de som sørger,
for de skal få trøst. - B1930
- Salige er de som sørger; for de skal trøstes.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 21:4
‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:9–10
And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
Read in contextIsaiah 61:2–3
to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
Read in contextJohn 16:20–22
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
Read in contextPsalms 126:5–6
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:18
I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
Read in contextLuke 6:21
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Read in contextRevelation 7:14–17
“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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