Matthew 5:4
“Blessed are they that mourne: for they shall be comforted.”
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Matthew 5:4 Context
2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3Blessed are the poore in spirit: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen. 4Blessed are they that mourne: for they shall be comforted. 5Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherit the earth. 6Blessed are they which doe hunger and thirst after righteousnesse: for they shall be filled.
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Other Translations for Matthew 5:4
Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
- King James Version
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.
- Basic English Bible
Blessed they that mourn, for *they* shall be comforted.
- Darby Bible
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
- Webster's Bible
Blessed are the mourners, for they shall be comforted.
- Weymouth Bible
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
- World English Bible
Blessid ben mylde men, for thei schulen welde the erthe.
- Wycliffe Bible
`Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 5:4
5:4 They that mourn - Either for their own sins, or for other men's, and are steadily and habitually serious. They shall be comforted - More solidly and deeply even in this world, and eternally in heaven.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 5:4
Mt 5:4 Blessed [are] they that mourn. Not all mourners, for there is "a sorrow of this world that worketh death". Godly sorrow is meant, a mourning over sinfulness. See 2Co 7:10.