Matthew 5:7 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
`Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness.
English ASV
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
English Amplified
Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy!
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous–with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy!
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
Blessed the merciful, for *they* shall find mercy.
English EASY 2024
Happy are the people who are kind and who forgive other people. God will forgive people like that.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
What great blessings there are for those who show mercy to others. Mercy will be given to them.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
“Happy are those who are merciful to others; God will be merciful to them!
English God's Word - GW 1995
Blessed are those who show mercy. They will be treated mercifully.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Blessed are the merciful, because they will be shown mercy.
English KJV 1611
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
English LSB
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Blessed are those who show mercy. They will be shown mercy.
English NIV
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
English NKJ 1982
Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.
English NLT
God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
"Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
“How blessed you are when you demonstrate tender mercy! For tender mercy will be demonstrated to you.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Happy are the kind and merciful, for they shall be shown mercy.
English Tyndale 1537
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.