American Standard Version
Matthew 5:5
5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.
Context of Matthew 5:5
3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
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Μακάριοι οἱ πραεῖς, ὅτι αὐτοὶ κληρονομήσουσιν τὴν γῆν.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Matthew 5:5
- Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
- Matthew 21:5Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, Meek, and riding upon an ass, And upon a colt the foal of an ass.
- Numbers 12:3Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth.
- Psalms 22:26The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.
- Psalms 25:9The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
- Psalms 69:32The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.
- Psalms 147:6Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.
- Psalms 149:4For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.
- Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
- Isaiah 29:19The meek also shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
- Zephaniah 2:3Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah’s anger.
- Galatians 5:23meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
- Ephesians 4:2with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
- Colossians 3:12Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
- 1 Timothy 6:11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Commentaries on Matthew 5:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Blessed are the meek - Happy, , from ̔, 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-12Verses 3-12 Our Saviour here gives eight characters of blessed people, which represent to us the principal graces of a Christian. 1. The poor in spirit are happy. These bring their minds to their condition, when it is a low condition. They are humble and lowly in their own eyes. They see their want, bewail their guilt, and thirst after a Redeemer. The kingdom of grace is of such; the kingdom of glory is for them. 2. Those that mourn are happy. That godly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5the meek: Jesus almost directly quotes Psalm 37:11 here. In other places, Jesus describes himself in a similar way, contrasting with other teachers (Matthew 11:29). He also avoids pride (Matthew 12:17–21; Matthew 21:5). Jesus shows this trait through his death on the cross (1 Peter 2:23; 1 Peter 3:9). The whole earth could also mean the land, referring to God's promise of land to Abraham and his descendants (Genesis 12:7; Genesis 17:8; see Isaiah 60:21)…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth--This promise to the meek is but a repetition of Psa 37:11; only the word which our Evangelist renders "the meek," after the Septuagint, is the same which we have found so often translated "the poor," showing how closely allied these two features of character are. It is impossible, indeed, that "the poor in spirit" and "the mourners" in Zion should not at the same time be "meek"; that is to say…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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