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Source language
Original Greek   
μακάριοι οἱ ἐλεήμονες, ὅτι αὐτοὶ ἐλεηθήσονται.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
makarioi oi eleemones, oti autoi eleethesontai.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
beati misericordes quia ipsi misericordiam consequentur

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
New King James Version   
Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.
21st Century King James Version   
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Blessed are they who show mercy, for mercies will be upon them.
Darby Bible Translation   
Blessed the merciful, for they shall find mercy.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
God's Word   
Blessed are those who show mercy. They will be treated mercifully.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The merciful are blessed, for they will be shown mercy.
International Standard Version   
"How blessed are those who are merciful, because it is they who will receive mercy!
NET Bible   
"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
New American Standard Bible   
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
New International Version   
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
New Living Translation   
God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Weymouth New Testament   
"Blessed are the compassionate, for they shall receive compassion.
The World English Bible   
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Happy are the people who help other people and who forgive them. God will forgive people like that.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
`Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness.
New Life Version   
Those who show loving-kindness are happy, because they will have loving-kindness shown to them.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
The Voice Bible   
Blessed are the merciful—they will be shown mercy.
Living Bible   
Happy are the kind and merciful, for they shall be shown mercy.
New Catholic Bible   
Blessed are the merciful, for they will obtain mercy.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Christian Standard Bible   
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy!
New Century Version   
They are blessed who show mercy to others, for God will show mercy to them.
The Message   
“You’re blessed when you care. At the moment of being ‘care-full,’ you find yourselves cared for.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Blessed are the merciful, because they will receive mercy.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
New Matthew Bible   
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Good News Translation®   
“Happy are those who are merciful to others; God will be merciful to them!
Wycliffe Bible   
Blessed be merciful men [Blessed the merciful], for they shall get mercy.
New Testament for Everyone   
“Blessings on the merciful! You’ll receive mercy yourselves.
Contemporary English Version   
God blesses those people who are merciful. They will be treated with mercy!
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then he began his teaching by saying to them, “How happy are the humble-minded, for the kingdom of Heaven is theirs! “How happy are those who know what sorrow means for they will be given courage and comfort! “Happy are those who claim nothing, for the whole earth will belong to them! “Happy are those who are hungry and thirsty for goodness, for they will be fully satisfied! “Happy are the merciful, for they will have mercy shown to them! “Happy are the utterly sincere, for they will see God! “Happy are those who make peace, for they will be sons of God! “Happy are those who have suffered persecution for the cause of goodness, for the kingdom of Heaven is theirs! “And what happiness will be yours when people blame you and ill-treat you and say all kinds of slanderous things against you for my sake! Be glad then, yes, be tremendously glad—for your reward in Heaven is magnificent. They persecuted the prophets before your time in exactly the same way.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
‘Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
Common English Bible © 2011   
“Happy are people who show mercy, because they will receive mercy.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“Blessed [content, sheltered by God’s promises] are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
New American Standard Bible   
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
The Expanded Bible   
They are blessed who show mercy to others, for ·God will show mercy to them [L they will be shown mercy; C the passive verb implies God as subject].
Tree of Life Version   
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy.
Revised Standard Version   
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
New International Reader's Version   
Blessed are those who show mercy. They will be shown mercy.
BRG Bible   
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Complete Jewish Bible   
“How blessed are those who show mercy! for they will be shown mercy.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
`God makes happy those who are kind. He will be kind to them.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
‘Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Ashrey are the merciful, for they will be shown rachamim (mercy).
Names of God Bible   
Blessed are those who show mercy. They will be treated mercifully.
Modern English Version   
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Great blessings belong to those who show mercy to others. Mercy will be given to them.
International Children’s Bible   
Those who give mercy to others are happy. Mercy will be given to them.
Lexham English Bible   
Blessed are the merciful, because they will be shown mercy.
New International Version - UK   
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Blessed are the merciful ones, because they will be shown-mercy.