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Source language
Original Greek   
μακάριοι οἱ εἰρηνοποιοί, ὅτι αὐτοὶ υἱοὶ θεοῦ κληθήσονται.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
makarioi oi eirenopoioi, oti autoi uioi theou klethesontai.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
beati pacifici quoniam filii Dei vocabuntur

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
New King James Version   
Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.
21st Century King James Version   
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Blessed are they who make peace, for they will be called the children of God.
Darby Bible Translation   
Blessed the peace-makers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Blesses are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
God's Word   
Blessed are those who make peace. They will be called God's children.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The peacemakers are blessed, for they will be called sons of God.
International Standard Version   
"How blessed are those who make peace, because it is they who will be called God's children!
NET Bible   
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.
New American Standard Bible   
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
New International Version   
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
New Living Translation   
God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Blessed are the peace-makers: for they shall be called children of God.
Weymouth New Testament   
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for it is they who will be recognized as sons of God.
The World English Bible   
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Happy are the people who bring people together to be friends. God will call them his children.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
`Happy the peacemakers -- because they shall be called Sons of God.
New Life Version   
Those who make peace are happy, because they will be called the sons of God.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.
The Voice Bible   
Blessed are the peacemakers—they will be called children of God.
Living Bible   
Happy are those who strive for peace—they shall be called the sons of God.
New Catholic Bible   
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.
Christian Standard Bible   
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Blessed (enjoying enviable happiness, spiritually prosperous—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the makers and maintainers of peace, for they shall be called the sons of God!
New Century Version   
They are blessed who work for peace, for they will be called God’s children.
The Message   
“You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
New Matthew Bible   
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.
Good News Translation®   
“Happy are those who work for peace; God will call them his children!
Wycliffe Bible   
Blessed be peaceable men, for they shall be called God's children. [Blessed the peaceable, for they shall be called the sons of God.]
New Testament for Everyone   
“Blessings on the peacemakers! You’ll be called God’s children.
Contemporary English Version   
God blesses those people who make peace. They will be called his children!
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
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 peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Common English Bible © 2011   
“Happy are people who make peace, because they will be called God’s children.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“Blessed [spiritually calm with life-joy in God’s favor] are the makers and maintainers of peace, for they will [express His character and] be called the sons of God.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
New American Standard Bible   
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
The Expanded Bible   
They are blessed who work for peace [T Blessed are the peacemakers], for they will be called God’s ·children [or sons].
Tree of Life Version   
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Revised Standard Version   
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
New International Reader's Version   
Blessed are those who make peace. They will be called children of God.
BRG Bible   
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Complete Jewish Bible   
“How blessed are those who make peace! for they will be called sons of God.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
`God makes happy those who make peace between people. They will be called God's sons.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Ashrey are the peacemakers, for they will be called bnei haElohim (sons of G-d).
Names of God Bible   
Blessed are those who make peace. They will be called God’s children.
Modern English Version   
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Great blessings belong to those who work to bring peace. God will call them his sons and daughters.
International Children’s Bible   
Those who work to bring peace are happy. God will call them his sons.
Lexham English Bible   
Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.
New International Version - UK   
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.