Matthew 5:4

Matthew chapter 5 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

v.4This passage

v.5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 69:29

    But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

  • Isaiah 51:11

    And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

  • Isaiah 61:2

    to proclaim the year of Jehovah’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

  • Ezekiel 7:16

    But those of them that escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:4

    who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

  • Psalms 30:7

    Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong: Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.