the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Matthew 5:5
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Great blessings belong to those who are humble. They will be given the land God promised.
Blessed are the meke: for they shall inheret the erth.
"How blessed are those who are humble,gentle">[fn]Psalm 37:11; Romans 4:13;">[xr] for it is they who will inherit the earth!
"Blessed are the gentle, for they will inherit the earth.
They are blessed who are humble, for the whole earth will be theirs.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
"Blessed [inwardly peaceful, spiritually secure, worthy of respect] are the gentle [the kind-hearted, the sweet-spirited, the self-controlled], for they will inherit the earth.
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
"Blessed are the humble, for they shall inherit the earth.
Happy are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth.
"Blessed are the meek, for they as heirs shall obtain possession of the earth.
Blessid ben thei that mornen, for thei schulen be coumfortid.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
God blesses those people who are humble. The earth will belong to them!
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.
"How blessed are the meek! for they will inherit the Land!
Blessed the meek, for *they* shall inherit the earth.
Blessed the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth!
Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherit the earth.
God blesses those who are humble, for they will inherit the whole earth.
Those who have no pride in their hearts are happy, because the earth will be given to them.
"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherite the earth.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Happy, the meek; for, they, shall inherit the earth:
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed (are) the meke: for they shall inherite the earth.
"Happy are those who are humble; they will receive what God has promised!
Blessed are the humble,
Blessed are the humble, For they shall inherit the eretz.
Blessed are the meek, because they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are the meek! For they shall inherit the earth. Psa. 37:11
`Happy the meek -- because they shall inherit the land.
Blessed are the meke: for they shall inheret the erth.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
"You're blessed when you're content with just who you are—no more, no less. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought.
"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.
God takes mighty good care of those who don't think very highly of themselves and he's gonna give 'em everything one day.
"Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are the lowly, for they shall inherit the earth.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the meek: Matthew 11:29, Matthew 21:5, Numbers 12:3, Psalms 22:26, Psalms 25:9, Psalms 69:32, *marg. Psalms 147:6, Psalms 149:4, Isaiah 11:4, Isaiah 29:19, Isaiah 61:1, Zephaniah 2:3, Galatians 5:23, Ephesians 4:2, Colossians 3:12, 1 Timothy 6:11, 2 Timothy 2:25, Titus 3:2, James 1:21, James 3:13, 1 Peter 3:4, 1 Peter 3:15
they: Psalms 25:13, Psalms 37:9, Psalms 37:11, Psalms 37:22, Psalms 37:29, Psalms 37:34, Isaiah 60:21, Romans 4:13
Reciprocal: Genesis 13:15 - General Numbers 26:53 - General Psalms 76:9 - to save Romans 12:18 - General
Cross-References
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel:
And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Blessed are the meek,.... Who are not easily provoked to anger; who patiently bear, and put up with injuries and affronts; carry themselves courteously, and affably to all; have the meanest thoughts of themselves, and the best of others; do not envy the gifts and graces of other men; are willing to be instructed and admonished, by the meanest of the saints; quietly submit to the will of God, in adverse dispensations of providence; and ascribe all they have, and are, to the grace of God. Meekness, or humility, is very valuable and commendable. The Jews, though a proud, haughty, and wrathful people, cannot but speak in its praise:
"Wisdom, fear, and meekness, say b they, are of high esteem; but ענוה, "meekness", is greater than them all.''
They had two very considerable doctors in the time of Christ, Hillell and Shammai; the one was of a meek, the other of an angry disposition: hence, say they c,
"Let a man be always meek as Hillell, and let him not be angry as Shammai.''
Here meekness is to be considered, not as a moral virtue, but as a Christian grace, a fruit of the Spirit of God; which was eminently in Christ, and is very ornamental to believers; and of great advantage and use to them, in hearing and receiving the word; in giving an account of the reason of the hope that is in them; in instructing and restoring such, who have backslidden, either in principle or practice; and in the whole of their lives and conversations; and serves greatly to recommend religion to others: such who are possessed of it, and exercise it, are well pleasing to God; when disconsolate, he comforts them; when hungry, he satisfies them; when they want direction, he gives it to them; when wronged, he will do them right; he gives them more grace here, and glory hereafter. The blessing instanced, in which they shall partake of, is,
they shall inherit the earth; not the land of Canaan, though that may be alluded to; nor this world, at least in its present situation; for this is not the saints' rest and inheritance: but rather, the "new earth", which will be after this is burnt up; in which only such persons as are here described shall dwell; and who shall inherit it, by virtue of their being heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; whose is the earth, and the fulness thereof. Though some think heaven is here designed, and is so called, partly for the sake of variety of expression, from Matthew 5:3 and partly in allusion to the land of Canaan, a type of it; and may be called an earth, or country, that is an heavenly one, in opposition to this earthly one; as the heavenly Jerusalem is opposed to the earthly one, and which will be a glorious inheritance. The passage, referred to is Psalms 37:11.
b Piske Tosaphot Yebamot, art. 196. c T. Bab. Sabbat. fol. 30. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The meek - Meekness is patience in the reception of injuries. It is neither meanness nor a surrender of our rights, nor cowardice; but it is the opposite of sudden anger, of malice, of long-harbored vengeance. Christ insisted on his right when he said, “If I have done evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me?” John 18:23. Paul asserted his right when he said, “They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves, and fetch us out,” Acts 16:37. And yet Christ was the very model of meekness. It was one of his characteristics, “I am meek,” Matthew 11:29. So of Paul. No man endured more wrong, or endured it more patiently than he. Yet the Saviour and the apostle were not passionate. They bore all patiently. They did not press their rights through thick and thin, or trample down the rights of others to secure their own.
Meekness is the reception of injuries with a belief that God will vindicate us. “Vengeance is his; he will repay,” Romans 12:19. It little becomes us to take his place, and to do what he has promised to do.
Meekness produces peace. It is proof of true greatness of soul. It comes from a heart too great to be moved by little insults. It looks upon those who offer them with pity. He that is constantly ruffled; that suffers every little insult or injury to throw him off his guard and to raise a storm of passion within, is at the mercy of every mortal that chooses to disturb him. He is like “the troubled sea that cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.”
They shall inherit the earth - This might have been translated the land. It is probable that here is a reference to the manner in which the Jews commonly expressed themselves to denote any great blessing. It was promised to them that they should inherit the land of Canaan. For a long time the patriarchs looked forward to this, Genesis 15:7-8; Exodus 32:13. They regarded it as a great blessing. It was so spoken of in the journey in the wilderness, and their hopes were crowned when they took possession of the promised land, Deuteronomy 1:38; Deuteronomy 16:20. In the time of our Saviour they were in the constant habit of using the Old Testament, where this promise perpetually occurs, and they used it “as a proverbial expression to denote any great blessing, perhaps as the sum of all blessings,” Psalms 37:20; Isaiah 60:21. Our Saviour used it in this sense, and meant to say, not that the meek would own great property or have many lands, but that they would possess special blessings. The Jews also considered the land of Canaan as a type of heaven, and of the blessings under the Messiah. To inherit the land became, therefore, an expression denoting those blessings. When our Saviour uses this language here, he means that the meek shall be received into his kingdom, and partake of its blessings here, and of the glories of the heavenly Canaan hereafter. The value of meekness, even in regard to worldly property and success in life, is often exhibited in the Scriptures, Proverbs 22:24-25; Proverbs 15:1; Proverbs 25:8, Proverbs 25:15. It is also seen in common life that a meek, patient, mild man is the most prospered. An impatient and quarrelsome man raises up enemies; often loses property in lawsuits; spends his time in disputes and broils rather than in sober, honest industry; and is harassed, vexed, and unsuccessful in all that he does. “Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come,” 1 Timothy 4:8. Compare 1 Timothy 6:3-6.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 5:5. Blessed are the meek — Happy, οι πραεις, from ραος, easy, those who are of a quiet, gentle spirit, in opposition to the proud and supercilious Scribes and Pharisees and their disciples. We have a compound word in English, which once fully expressed the meaning of the original, viz. gentleman; but it has now almost wholly lost its original signification. Our word meek comes from the old Anglo-saxon meca, or meccea, a companion or equal, because he who is of a meek or gentle spirit, is ever ready to associate with the meanest of those who fear God, feeling himself superior to none; and well knowing that he has nothing of spiritual or temporal good but what he has received from the mere bounty of God, having never deserved any favour from his hand.
For they shall inherit the earth. — Or, την γην, the land. Under this expression, which was commonly used by the prophets to signify the land of Canaan, in which all temporal good abounded, Judges 18:9-10, Jesus Christ points out that abundance of spiritual good, which was provided for men in the Gospel. Besides, Canaan was a type of the kingdom of God; and who is so likely to inherit glory as the man in whom the meekness and gentleness of Jesus dwell? In some good MSS. and several ancient versions, the fourth and fifth verses are transposed: see the authorities in the various readings in Professor Griesbach's edition. The present arrangement certainly is most natural:
1. Poverty, to which the promise of the kingdom is made.
2. Mourning or distress, on account of this impoverished state, to which consolation is promised. And
3. Meekness established in the heart by the consolations received.
