Matthew 5:5

1380 (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1395 Blessid ben thei that mornen, for thei schulen be coumfortid. (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1534 Blessed are the meke: for they shall inheret the erth. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)
1535 Blessed are the meke: for they shall inheret the erth. (Coverdale Bible)
1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1540 Blessed are þe meke: for they shall receaue the enheritaunce of the earth. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1549 Blessed are þe meke: for they shall inheret þe earth. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)
1557 (Geneva 1557) by William Whittingham
1560
1568 Blessed (are) the meke: for they shall inherite the earth. (Bishop's Bible First Edition)
1572 (Bishop's Bible)
1582 (Rheims 1582)
1587 Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherite the earth. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1611 Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherit the earth. (King James Version)
1729 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (Mace New Testament)
1745 Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)
1762 (King James Version)
1769 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)
1770 Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. (Worsley Version by John Worsley)
1790 Happy are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (Wesley Version by John Wesley)
1795 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)
1833 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)
1835 Happy the meek; for they shall inherit the land! (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)
1849 Blessed the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)
1850 (King James Version by Committee)
1851 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth! (Murdock Translation)
1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society
1858 Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted. (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)
1865 Blessed the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)
1865 Happy the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)
1869 Blessed are the meek; for they will inherit the earth. (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)
1873 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)
1885 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)
1890 Blessed the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)
1898 `Happy the meek -- because they shall inherit the land. (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)
1901 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)
1902 Happy, the meek; for, they, shall inherit the earth: (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)
1902 Blessed are they that mourn: because they shall be comforted. (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)
1904 "Happy are the meek: because they shall inherit the earth. (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)
1904 Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)
1911 (Syrus Scofield)
1912 "Blessed are the meek, for they as heirs shall obtain possession of the earth. (Weymouth New Testament)
1918 Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. (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 للودعاء. لانهم يرثون الارض. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

ܛܘܒܝܗܘܢ ܠܡܟܝܟܐ ܕܗܢܘܢ ܢܐܪܬܘܢ ܠܐܪܥܐ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

Dohatsu dirade emeac: ceren hec lurra heretaturen baitute.

Bulgarian

1940 Блажени кротките, защото те ще наследят земята. (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

1 温柔的人有福了！因为他们必承受地土。 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

1 溫柔的人有福了！因為他們必承受地土。 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

bienheureux les débonnaires, car c'est eux qui hériteront de la terre; (French Darby)

1744 Bienheureux sont les débonnaires; car ils hériteront la terre. (Martin 1744)

1744 Heureux les débonnaires; car ils hériteront de la terre. (Ostervald 1744)

German

1545 Selig sind die Sanftmütigen; denn sie werden das Erdreich besitzen. (Luther 1545)

1871 Glückselig die Sanftmütigen, denn sie werden das Land ererben (Elberfelder 1871)

1912 Selig sind die Sanftmütigen; denn sie werden das Erdreich besitzen. (Luther 1912)

Italian

1649 Beati i mansueti, perciocchè essi erederanno la terra.(Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

1927 Beati i mansueti, perché essi erederanno la terra. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

beati qui lugent quoniam ipsi consolabuntur Latin Vulgate

1527 (Erasmus 1527)

1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

2010 Ferice de cei blînzi, căci ei vor moşteni pămîntul! (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 Блаженны кроткие, ибо они наследуют землю. Russian Synodal Version

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Spanish

Bienaventurados los mansos: porque ellos recibirán la tierra por heredad. (RVG Spanish)

Swedish

1917 Saliga äro de saktmodiga, ty de skola besitta jorden. (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 Mapapalad ang maaamo: sapagka't mamanahin nila ang lupa. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

1934 Phước cho những kẻ nhu mì, vì sẽ hưởng được đất! (VIET)

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