11 translations · Greek
Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Matthew 5:8 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
- KJV King James Version
- Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Blessed the clean in heart—because they will see God.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Blessed are those who have pure minds, for they will see God.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Happy the clean in heart — because they shall see God.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Blessed the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Μακάριοι | Makarioi | Blessed [are] | G3107 μακάριος blessed |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καθαροὶ | katharoi | pure | G2513 καθαρός clean |
| τῇ | tē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καρδίᾳ | kardia | in heart | G2588 καρδία heart |
| Ὅτι | Hoti | for | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| αὐτοὶ | autoi | they | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| τὸν | ton | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεὸν | Theon | God | G2316 θεός God |
| ὄψονται | opsontai | will see | G3708 ὁράω to see: see |
Related verses
- Psalm 24:4
He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
- Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
- Hebrews 10:22
let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
- Hebrews 12:14
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
- Ezekiel 36:25–27
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness, and from all your idols. I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. You will keep my ordinances and do them.
- Proverbs 22:11
He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.
- James 4:8
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- 1 Peter 1:22
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:
- James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
- Psalm 15:2
He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Read all of Matthew 5 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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