Matthew 5:3

1380 (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1395 Blessed ben pore men in spirit, for the kyngdom of heuenes is herne. (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1534 Blessed are the povre in sprete: for theirs is the kyngdome of heven. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)
1535 Blessed are the poore in sprete: for theirs is the kyngdome of heue. (Coverdale Bible)
1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1540 Blessed are the poore in sprete, for theyrs is the kyngdome of heauen. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1549 blessed are the pore in sprete: for theirs is the kingdom of heauen. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)
1557 (Geneva 1557) by William Whittingham
1560
1568 Blessed (are) the poore in spirite: for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen. (Bishop's Bible First Edition)
1572 (Bishop's Bible)
1582 (Rheims 1582)
1587 Blessed are the poore in spirit, for theirs is the kingdome of heauen. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1611 Blessed are the poore in spirit: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen. (King James Version)
1729 Blessed are they, that are of an humble spirit, for of such is the kingdom of the Messias. (Mace New Testament)
1745 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)
1762 (King James Version)
1769 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)
1770 Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Worsley Version by John Worsley)
1790 saying, Happy are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Wesley Version by John Wesley)
1795 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for their's is the kingdom of heaven. (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)
1833 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)
1835 Happy the poor who repine not; for the kingdom of heaven is theirs! (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)
1849 Blessed (are) the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)
1850 (King James Version by Committee)
1851 Blessed are the poor in spirit for the kingdom of heaven is theirs! (Murdock Translation)
1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society
1858 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)
1865 Blessed the poor to the spirit; because of them is the kingdom of the heavens. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)
1865 Happy the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)
1869 Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)
1873 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)
1885 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)
1890 Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)
1898 `Happy the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens. (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)
1901 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)
1902 Happy, the destitute, in spirit; for, theirs, is the kingdom of the heavens; (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)
1902 Blessed are the poor in spirit: because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs. (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)
1904 "Happy are the poor in spirit; because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)
1904 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)
1911 (Syrus Scofield)
1912 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens. (Weymouth New Testament)
1918 Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs in the kingdom of the heavens. (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)
1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)
1982 (New King James Version) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
1984 (New International Version)(NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®
1995 (New American Standard Bible) NASB (©1995)
1999 (American King James Version)AKJV
2000 (King James 2000 Bible©)
2005 (Today’s New International Version)
(BBE)
2009 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)(HCSB) Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
(21st Century King James Version) Copyright © 1994 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc.
(Common English Bible) Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible
(GOD’S WORD Translation)(GW) Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
(Contemporary English Version)(CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society
(New Living Translation)(NLT) Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation.
(Amplified Bible) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
(The Message) (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson
(New International Reader's Version) (NIRV) Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1998, 2014 by Biblica, Inc.®.
(Wycliffe New Testament)

Foreign Language Versions

Arabic

طوبى للمساكين بالروح. لان لهم ملكوت السموات. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

ܛܘܒܝܗܘܢ ܠܡܤܟܢܐ ܒܪܘܚ ܕܕܝܠܗܘܢ ܗܝ ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ ܀ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

Dohatsu dirade spirituz paubreac: ceren hayén baita ceruètaco resumá.

Bulgarian

1940 Блажени нищите по дух, защото е тяхно небесното царство. (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

1 虚心的人有福了！因为天国是他们的。 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

1 虛心的人有福了！因為天國是他們的。 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

Bienheureux les pauvres en esprit, car c'est à eux qu'est le royaume des cieux; (French Darby)

1744 Bienheureux sont les pauvres en esprit; car le Royaume des cieux est à eux. (Martin 1744)

1744 Heureux les pauvres en esprit; car le royaume des cieux est à eux. (Ostervald 1744)

German

1545 Selig sind, die da geistlich arm sind; denn das Himmelreich ist ihr. (Luther 1545)

1871 Glückselig die Armen im Geiste, denn ihrer ist das Reich der Himmel. (Elberfelder 1871)

1912 Selig sind, die da geistlich arm sind; denn das Himmelreich ist ihr. (Luther 1912)

Italian

1649 Beati i poveri in ispirito, perciocchè il regno de’ cieli è loro. (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

1927 Beati i poveri in ispirito, perché di loro è il regno de’ cieli. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

beati pauperes spiritu quoniam ipsorum est regnum caelorum Latin Vulgate

1527 (Erasmus 1527)

1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

2010 Ferice de cei săraci în duh, căci a lor este Împărăţia cerurilor! (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 Блаженны нищие духом, ибо их есть Царство Небесное. Russian Synodal Version

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Spanish

Bienaventurados los pobres en espíritu: porque de ellos es el reino de los cielos. (RVG Spanish)

Swedish

1917 »Saliga äro de som äro fattiga i anden, ty dem hör himmelriket till. (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 Mapapalad ang mga mapagpakumbabang-loob: sapagka't kanila ang kaharian ng langit. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

1934 Phước cho những kẻ có lòng khó khăn, vì nước thiên đàng là của những kẻ ấy! (VIET)

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