Matthew 5:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

“Those persons who feel grief [over their sins] are blessed because they will receive comfort [from God when they repent].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Blessed and enviably happy [with a happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His matchless grace] are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted! [Isa. 61:2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Common English Bible

“Happy are people who grieve, because they will be made glad.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.

Matthew 5:4 Cross References