Tree of Life Version
Matthew 5:4
4“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
- New International Version (NIV)Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.
Context of Matthew 5:4
2And He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying, 3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 6“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
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Μακάριοι οἱ πενθοῦντες, ὅτι αὐτοὶ παρακληθήσονται.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Matthew 5:4
- Psalms 6:1For the music director, on the eight-string lyre, a psalm of David.
- Psalms 13:1For the music director, a psalm of David.
- Psalms 30:7When I felt secure, I said: “I will never be shaken.”
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle through my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 40:1For the music director, a psalm of David.
- Psalms 69:29May they be wiped out of the book of life and not be recorded with the righteous.
- Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me, and the torments of Sheol found me. I found trouble and sorrow.
- Psalms 126:5Those who sow in tears will reap with a song of joy.
- Isaiah 12:1In that day you will say: “I will give You thanks, Adonai, for though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.
- Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death forever. my Lord Adonai will wipe away tears from every face. He will remove His people’s reproach from all the earth. For Adonai has spoken.
- Isaiah 30:19For the people of Zion who are dwelling in Jerusalem will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. When He hears you, He will answer.
- Isaiah 35:10The ransomed of Adonai will return and come to Zion with singing, with everlasting joy upon their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
- Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow or a crane, I whisper, I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary, looking upward. Adonai, I am oppressed, be my security!
- Isaiah 51:11Now the ransomed of Adonai will return, and come to Zion with singing. Everlasting joy will be upon their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
- Isaiah 57:18I have seen his ways, but I will heal him. I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners.
- Isaiah 61:2to proclaim the year of Adonai’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn
Commentaries on Matthew 5:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Blessed 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Blessed 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…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. 4Those who mourn are the people who felt sad about Israel's spiritual and national condition (see Matthew 23:37–39; Isaiah 61:2–3; Joel 1:8–13; 2:12–13, 18–19; Romans 9:1–5; 1 Corinthians 5:2; James 4:9). It may also include to personal sorrow, whether from sin or tragedy (Mark 16:10; Revelation 18:11, 19). will be comforted: The passive voice shows respect for God's holy name. It could also mean God will comfort them (see also Matthew 5:6–7, 9). Comfort…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted--This "mourning" must not be taken loosely for that feeling which is wrung from men under pressure of the ills of life, nor yet strictly for sorrow on account of committed sins. Evidently it is that entire feeling which the sense of our spiritual poverty begets; and so the second beatitude is but the complement of the first. The one is the intellectual, the other the emotional aspect of the same…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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