Matthew 5:4

Literal Standard Version

Blessed the mourning—because they will be comforted.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Blessed are those who mourn,

King James Version (1611)
Blessed are they that mourne: for they shall be comforted.

King James Version
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

English Standard Version
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

New American Standard Bible
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

New Century Version
They are blessed who grieve, for God will comfort them.

Amplified Bible
"Blessed [forgiven, refreshed by God's grace] are those who mourn [over their sins and repent], for they will be comforted [when the burden of sin is lifted].

Geneva Bible (1587)
Blessed are they that mourne: for they shall be comforted.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Legacy Standard Bible
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Berean Standard Bible
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Contemporary English Version
God blesses those people who grieve. They will find comfort!

Complete Jewish Bible
"How blessed are those who mourn! for they will be comforted.

Darby Translation
Blessed they that mourn, for *they* shall be comforted.

Easy-to-Read Version
Great blessings belong to those who are sad now. God will comfort them.

George Lamsa Translation
Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Good News Translation
"Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them!

Lexham English Bible
Blessed are the ones who mourn, because they will be comforted.

Literal Translation
Blessed are the ones mourning! For they shall be comforted.

American Standard Version
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Bible in Basic English
Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.

Hebrew Names Version
Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.

International Standard Version
"How blessed are those who mourn,Isaiah 61:2-3; Luke 6:21; John 16:20; 2 Corinthians 1:7; Revelation 21:4;">[xr] for it is they who will be comforted!

Etheridge Translation
Blessed the mourners, for they shall be comforted.

Murdock Translation
Blessed are the mourners: for they shall be comforted!

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Blessed (are) they that mourne: for they shalbe comforted.

English Revised Version
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

World English Bible
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Happy are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.

Weymouth's New Testament
"Blessed are the mourners, for they shall be comforted.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Blessid ben mylde men, for thei schulen welde the erthe.

Update Bible Version
Blessed are those that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Webster's Bible Translation
Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

New English Translation
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

New King James Version
Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.

New Living Translation
God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

New Life Bible
Those who have sorrow are happy, because they will be comforted.

New Revised Standard
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Happy, they who mourn; for, they, shall be comforted:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.

Revised Standard Version
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Blessed are they that morne: for they shalbe conforted.

Young's Literal Translation
`Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Blessed are they that mourne: for they shalbe coforted.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

THE MESSAGE
"You're blessed when you feel you've lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.

Simplified Cowboy Version
God takes mighty good care of those folks who are hurtin' and sad because he's the only one who can offer 'em comfort.

Contextual Overview

³"Blessed the poor in spirit—because theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. ⁴Blessed the mourning—because they will be comforted.⁵Blessed the meek—because they will inherit the land. ⁶Blessed those hungering and thirsting for righteousness—because they will be filled. ⁷Blessed the kind—because they will find kindness. ⁸Blessed the clean in heart—because they will see God. ⁹Blessed the peacemakers—because they will be called sons of God. ¹⁰Blessed those persecuted for righteousness' sake—because theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. ¹¹Blessed are you whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for My sake— ¹²rejoice and be glad, because your reward [is] great in the heavens, for thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 6:1-9, Psalms 13:1-5, Psalms 30:7-11, Psalms 32:3-7, Psalms 40:1-3, Psalms 69:29-30, Psalms 116:3-7, Psalms 126:5, Psalms 126:6, Isaiah 12:1, Isaiah 25:8, Isaiah 30:19, Isaiah 35:10, Isaiah 38:14-19, Isaiah 51:11, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 57:18, Isaiah 61:2, Isaiah 61:3, Isaiah 66:10, Jeremiah 31:9-12, Jeremiah 31:16, Jeremiah 31:17, Ezekiel 7:16, Ezekiel 9:4, Zechariah 12:10-14, Zechariah 13:1, Luke 6:21, Luke 6:25, Luke 7:38, Luke 7:50, Luke 16:25, John 16:20-22, 2 Corinthians 1:4-7, 2 Corinthians 7:9, 2 Corinthians 7:10, James 1:12, Revelation 7:14-17, Revelation 21:4

Reciprocal: Leviticus 23:32 - afflict Numbers 29:7 - afflict 1 Samuel 7:2 - lamented 2 Samuel 15:30 - weeping Esther 9:22 - from sorrow Psalms 30:5 - weeping Psalms 51:8 - Make Psalms 90:15 - Make Ecclesiastes 7:2 - better Song of Solomon 2:11 - General Isaiah 57:15 - with Isaiah 66:2 - to this Joel 2:13 - rend Matthew 5:3 - Blessed Luke 22:62 - and wept Romans 7:24 - wretched 2 Corinthians 6:10 - sorrowful 2 Corinthians 7:6 - that comforteth 2 Corinthians 7:7 - mourning James 4:9 - afflicted

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blesses them, and God says to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over [the] fish of the sea, and over [the] bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping on the earth."

Genesis 5:1
This [is] an account of the generations of Adam. In the day of God's creating man, in the likeness of God He has made him;

Genesis 5:3
And Adam lives one hundred and thirty years [[or two hundred and thirty years]], and begets [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calls his name Seth.

Genesis 5:7
And Seth lives after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years [[or seven hundred and seven years]], and begets sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:10
And Enos lives after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years [[or seven hundred and fifteen years]], and begets sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:13
And Cainan lives after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years [[or seven hundred and forty years]], and begets sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:19
And Jared lives after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and begets sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
And Enoch habitually walks with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years [[or two hundred years]], and begets sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:26
And Methuselah lives after his begetting Lamech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begets sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:30
And Lamech lives after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety-five years [[or five hundred and sixty-five years]], and begets sons and daughters.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Blessed are they that mourn,.... For sin, for their own sins; the sin of their nature, indwelling sin, which is always working in them, and is a continual grief of mind to them; the unbelief of their hearts, notwithstanding the many instances, declarations, promises, and discoveries of grace made unto them; their daily infirmities, and many sins of life, because they are committed against a God of love, grace, and mercy, grieve the Spirit, and dishonour the Gospel of Christ: who mourn also for the sins of others, for the sins of the world, the profaneness and wickedness that abound in it; and more especially for the sins of professors, by reason of which, the name of God, and ways of Christ, are evil spoken of: who likewise mourn under afflictions, spiritual ones, temptations, desertions, and declensions; temporal ones, their own, which they receive, either more immediately from the hand of God, or from men; such as they endure for the sake of Christ, and the profession of his Gospel; and who sympathize with others in their afflictions. These, how sorrowful and distressed soever they may appear, are blessed

for they shall be comforted: here in this life, by the God of all comfort, by Christ the comforter; by the Spirit of God, whose work and office it is to comfort; by the Scriptures of truth, which are written for their consolation; by the promises of the Gospel, through which the heirs of promise have strong consolation; by the ordinances of it, which are breasts of consolation; and by the ministers of the word, who have a commission from the Lord to speak comfortably to them; and then are they comforted, when they have the discoveries of the love of God, manifestations of pardoning grace, through the blood of Christ, and enjoy the divine presence: and they shall be comforted hereafter; when freed from all the troubles of this life, they shall be blessed with uninterrupted communion with Father, Son, and Spirit, and with the happy society of angels and glorified saints. Isaiah 61:1 seems to be referred to, both in this, and in the preceding verse.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blessed are they that mourn - This is capable of two meanings: either, that those are blessed who are afflicted with the loss of friends or possessions, or that they who mourn over sin are blessed. As Christ came to preach repentance, to induce people to mourn over their sins and to forsake them, it is probable that he had the latter particularly in view. Compare 2 Corinthians 7:10. At the same time, it is true that the gospel only can give true comfort to those in affliction, Isaiah 61:1-3; Luke 4:18. Other sources of consolation do not reach the deep sorrows of the soul. They may blunt the sensibilities of the mind; they may produce a sullen and reluctant submission to what we cannot help: but they do not point to the true source of comfort. In the God of mercy only; in the Saviour; in the peace that flows from the hope of a better world, and there only, is there consolation, 2 Corinthians 3:17-18; 2 Corinthians 5:1. Those that mourn thus shall be comforted. So those that grieve over sin; that sorrow that they have committed it, and are afflicted and wounded that they have offended God, shall find comfort in the gospel. Through the merciful Saviour those sins may be forgiven. In him the weary and heavy-ladened soul shall find peace Matthew 11:28-30; and the presence of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, shall sustain them here John 14:26-27, and in heaven all their tears shall be wiped away, Revelation 21:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 5:4. Blessed are they that mourn — That is, those who, feeling their spiritual poverty, mourn after God, lamenting the iniquity that separated them from the fountain of blessedness. Every one flies from sorrow, and seeks after joy, and yet true joy must necessarily be the fruit of sorrow. The whole need not (do not feel the need of) the physician, but they that are sick do; i.e. they who are sensible of their disease. Only such persons as are deeply convinced of the sinfulness of sin, feel tho plague of their own heart, and turn with disgust from all worldly consolations, because of their insufficiency to render them happy, have God's promise of solid comfort. They SHALL BE comforted, says Christ, παρακληθησονται, from παρα, near, and καλεω, I call. He will call them to himself, and speak the words of pardon, peace, and life eternal, to their hearts. See this notion of the word expressed fully by our Lord, Matthew 11:28, COME UNTO ME all ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.