Matthew 5:8 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
`Happy the clean in heart -- because they shall see God.
English ASV
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
English Amplified
Blessed (happy, enviably fortunate, and spiritually prosperous--possessing the happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His grace, regardless of their outward conditions) are the pure in heart, for they shall see God! [Ps. 24:3, 4.]
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Blessed (happy, enviably fortunate, and spiritually prosperous–possessing the happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His grace, regardless of their outward conditions) are the pure in heart, for they shall see God! [Ps. 24:3, 4.]
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
Blessed the pure in heart, for *they* shall see God.
English EASY 2024
Happy are the people who have pure thoughts. They will come near to God and see him.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
What great blessings there are for those whose thoughts are pure. They will be with God.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
“Happy are the pure in heart; they will see God!
English God's Word - GW 1995
Blessed are those whose thoughts are pure. They will see God.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Blessed are the pure in heart, because they will see God.
English KJV 1611
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
English LSB
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Blessed are those whose hearts are pure. They will see God.
English NIV
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
English NKJ 1982
Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
English NLT
God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
“What bliss you experience when your heart is pure! For then your eyes will open to see more and more of God.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Happy are those whose hearts are pure, for they shall see God.
English Tyndale 1537
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.