Matthew 5:6

In 9 translations

BSB

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

KJV

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

WEB

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.

ASV

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

LSV

Blessed those hungering and thirsting for righteousness—because they will be filled.

YLT

'Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness — because they shall be filled.

DBY

Blessed they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

DRC

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.

GNV

Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righteousnes: for they shalbe filled.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

μακάριοι οἱ πεινῶντες καὶ διψῶντες τὴν δικαιοσύνην, ὅτι αὐτοὶ χορτασθήσονται.

RP2018

Μακάριοι οἱ πεινῶντες καὶ διψῶντες τὴν δικαιοσύνην· ὅτι αὐτοὶ χορτασθήσονται.

TR-Boyd

Μακάριοι οἱ πεινῶντες καὶ διψῶντες τὴν δικαιοσύνην· ὅτι αὐτοὶ χορτασθήσονται.

SCR1894

μακαριοι οι πεινωντες και διψωντες την δικαιοσυνην οτι αυτοι χορτασθησονται

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 107:9For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
• John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
• John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
• John 6:48–58I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from…
• Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
• Isaiah 55:1–3“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that…
• John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
• Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
• Revelation 7:16‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
• Psalms 42:1–2As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
• Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
• Psalms 63:1–2O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water. So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
• Amos 8:11–13Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. People will stagger from sea to sea…
• Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
• Psalms 65:4Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
• Psalms 4:6–7Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD. You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

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