Matthew 5:4 - English Majority Text Version 2009

Blessed [are] those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

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

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things, but now here he is comforted and you are suffering.

Luke 6:21

Blessed [are] you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed [are] you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who have been filled, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

Luke 7:38

and standing by His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and was wiping [them] with the hair of her head; and she was kissing His feet and anointing [them] with the perfume.

Luke 7:50

Then He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; because when he is approved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love Him.

Revelation 21:4

And He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying out; neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things have passed away."