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The earth will belong to them! <a href="/erv/matthew/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. <a href="/gwt/matthew/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Blessed are those who are gentle. They will inherit the earth. <a href="/gnt/matthew/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Happy are those who are humble; they will receive what God has promised! <a href="/isv/matthew/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> "How blessed are those who are humble, because it is they who will inherit the earth! <a href="/msb/matthew/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. <a href="/net/matthew/5.htm">NET Bible</a> "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. <a href="/nheb/matthew/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Blessed are the gentle, for they will inherit the earth. <a href="/wbt/matthew/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. <a href="/wey/matthew/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "Blessed are the meek, for they as heirs shall obtain possession of the earth. <a href="/web/matthew/5.htm">World English Bible</a> Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Blessed the meek—because they will inherit the land. <a href="/blb/matthew/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. <a href="/ylt/matthew/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Happy the meek -- because they shall inherit the land. <a href="/slt/matthew/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Happy the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land. <a href="/cpdv/matthew/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be consoled. <a href="/nabre/matthew/5.htm">New American Bible</a> Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Blessed are they who are meek, for they will inherit the earth.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. <a href="/godbey/matthew/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>Blessed are they that mourn: because they shall be comforted.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/matthew/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. <a href="/mace/matthew/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. <a href="/wey/matthew/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "Blessed are the meek, for they as heirs shall obtain possession of the earth. <a href="/worrell/matthew/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>"Happy are the meek: because they shall inherit the earth.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/matthew/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>Blessed <Fr>are<FR> the meek; for they shall inherit the earth.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/matthew/5-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=841" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/5.htm">The Beatitudes</a> …4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5<a href="/greek/3107.htm" title="3107: Makarioi (Adj-NMP) -- Happy, blessed, to be envied. A prolonged form of the poetical makar; supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off.">Blessed are</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4239.htm" title="4239: praeis (Adj-NMP) -- Mild, gentle. Apparently a primary word; mild, i.e. humble.">meek,</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: Hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">for</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autoi (PPro-NM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">they</a> <a href="/greek/2816.htm" title="2816: klēronomēsousin (V-FIA-3P) -- To inherit, obtain (possess) by inheritance, acquire. From kleronomos; to be an heir to.">will inherit</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1093.htm" title="1093: gēn (N-AFS) -- Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.">earth.</a> 6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/37-11.htm">Psalm 37:11</a> But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity. <a href="/psalms/37-9.htm">Psalm 37:9</a> For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land. <a href="/psalms/37-22.htm">Psalm 37:22</a> Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed. <a href="/psalms/37-29.htm">Psalm 37:29</a> The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever. <a href="/psalms/25-9.htm">Psalm 25:9</a> He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way. <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Psalm 147:6</a> The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground. <a href="/isaiah/29-19.htm">Isaiah 29:19</a> The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. <a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm">Isaiah 57:13</a> When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.” <a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Isaiah 60:21</a> Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified. <a href="/proverbs/3-34.htm">Proverbs 3:34</a> He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble. <a href="/proverbs/11-2.htm">Proverbs 11:2</a> When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom. <a href="/zephaniah/2-3.htm">Zephaniah 2:3</a> Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger. <a href="/james/4-6.htm">James 4:6</a> But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” <a href="/1_peter/5-5.htm">1 Peter 5:5</a> Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” <a href="/galatians/5-23.htm">Galatians 5:23</a> gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.the meek.<a href="/matthew/11-29.htm">Matthew 11:29</a> Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.<a href="/matthew/21-5.htm">Matthew 21:5</a> Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.<a href="/numbers/12-3.htm">Numbers 12:3</a> (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)they.<a href="/psalms/25-13.htm">Psalm 25:13</a> His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.<a href="/psalms/37-9.htm">Psalm 37:9,11,22,29,34</a> For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth… <a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Isaiah 60:21</a> Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/5-4.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/malachi/4-6.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/amos/2-7.htm">Gentle</a> <a href="/matthew/5-4.htm">Happy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-2.htm">Heirs</a> <a href="/malachi/1-3.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Inherit</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-12.htm">Meek</a> <a href="/daniel/11-21.htm">Obtain</a> <a href="/malachi/3-17.htm">Possession</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/5-6.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/matthew/10-16.htm">Gentle</a> <a href="/matthew/5-6.htm">Happy</a> <a href="/matthew/8-12.htm">Heirs</a> <a href="/luke/12-13.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/matthew/19-29.htm">Inherit</a> <a href="/matthew/11-29.htm">Meek</a> <a href="/matthew/5-7.htm">Obtain</a> <a href="/matthew/18-8.htm">Possession</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 5</div>1. <a href="/matthew/5-1.htm">Jesus' sermon on the mount:</a> 3. <a href="/matthew/5-3.htm">The Beattitudes;</a> 13. <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">the salt of the earth;</a> 14. <a href="/matthew/5-14.htm">the light of the world.</a> 17. <a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">He came to fulfill the law.</a> 21. <a href="/matthew/5-21.htm">What it is to kill;</a> 27. <a href="/matthew/5-27.htm">to commit adultery;</a> 33. <a href="/matthew/5-33.htm">to swear.</a> 38. <a href="/matthew/5-38.htm">He exhorts to forgive wrong,</a> 43. <a href="/matthew/5-43.htm">to love our enemies;</a> 48. <a href="/matthew/5-48.htm">and to labor after perfection.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/matthew/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Blessed are the meek The term "blessed" in this context refers to a state of spiritual well-being and prosperity, often associated with divine favor. The "meek" are those who exhibit humility and gentleness, not weakness. In biblical terms, meekness is strength under control, a quality exemplified by Jesus Himself (<a href="/matthew/11-29.htm">Matthew 11:29</a>). This virtue is highly valued in Scripture, contrasting with the worldly view that often equates power with aggression. The Old Testament also highlights meekness, as seen in <a href="/psalms/37-11.htm">Psalm 37:11</a>, which parallels this beatitude and emphasizes the reward for the meek.for they will inherit the earth The promise of inheriting the earth is both a present and future reality. In the immediate sense, the meek experience a sense of peace and contentment, living in harmony with God's creation. Historically, the concept of inheritance is deeply rooted in the Jewish understanding of the Promised Land, a tangible expression of God's covenant with His people. Prophetically, this promise points to the eschatological hope of a new heaven and a new earth (<a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1</a>), where the meek will fully realize their inheritance. This inheritance is not earned by force or power but is a gift from God, aligning with the biblical theme of divine grace.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of the Beatitudes, including <a href="/matthew/5-5.htm">Matthew 5:5</a>, delivering the Sermon on the Mount to His disciples and the gathered crowd. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a> The primary audience of Jesus' teachings, representing those who are committed to following Him. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_crowd.htm">The Crowd</a> A larger group of people from various regions who gathered to hear Jesus' teachings. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_mount.htm">The Mount</a> The location where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount, traditionally identified as a hill near Capernaum. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_kingdom_of_heaven.htm">The Kingdom of Heaven</a> A central theme in Jesus' teachings, representing the reign and rule of God, both present and future.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_meekness.htm">Understanding Meekness</a> Meekness is not weakness; it is strength under control. It involves humility, gentleness, and a willingness to submit to God's will. <a href="/topical/i/inheritance_of_the_earth.htm">Inheritance of the Earth</a> The promise of inheriting the earth is both a present and future reality, reflecting God's blessing on those who live in meekness. <a href="/topical/c/cultivating_meekness.htm">Cultivating Meekness</a> Believers are called to develop meekness through the Holy Spirit, reflecting Christ's character in their interactions with others. <a href="/topical/m/meekness_in_relationships.htm">Meekness in Relationships</a> Practicing meekness can transform relationships, as it involves putting others first and responding with grace and patience. <a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a> The promise of inheriting the earth encourages believers to live with an eternal perspective, valuing spiritual riches over earthly possessions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 5</a> <a href="/q/will_the_meek_inherit_the_earth.htm">Will the meek inherit the earth?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_gentle_and_quiet_spirit.htm">What defines a gentle and quiet spirit?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_meekness_in_the_bible.htm">How does the Bible define and value meekness?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'poor_in_spirit'_mean.htm">What is the meaning of being poor in spirit?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) The meek.--The word so rendered was probably used by St. Matthew in its popular meaning, without any reference to the definition which ethical writers had given of it, but it may be worth while to recall Aristotle's account of it (Eth. Nicom. v. 5) as the character of one who has the passion of resentment under control, and who is therefore tranquil and untroubled, as in part determining the popular use of the word, and in part also explaining the beatitude.They shall inherit the earth.--The words may be partly allusive to the "kingdom of the saints of the Most High" in that prophecy of Daniel (<a href="/daniel/7-27.htm" title="And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.">Daniel 7:27</a>) which had done so much to fashion the Messianic expectations of the time. They have, however, a wider and continuous fulfilment. The influence of the meek and self-controlled is in the long-run greater than that of the impulsive and passionate. Their serenity helps them to find the maximum of true joy in all conditions of life; for to them the earth is not a stage for self-assertion and the graspings of desire, but an "inheritance" which they have received from their Father.Many of the best MSS. invert the order of <a href="/context/matthew/5-4.htm" title="Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.">Matthew 5:4-5</a>, and this arrangement has, at all events, the merit of bringing out the latent antithesis between the kingdom of heaven in its unseen greatness and the visible inheritance of the earth.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - Blessed are the meek. In this Beatitude our Lord still quotes Old Testament expressions. The phrase, "shall inherit the earth," comes even in <a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Isaiah 60:21</a>, only two verses before Isaiah 61:1, 2, to which he has already referred. In the present copies of the LXX. it is found also in <a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">Isaiah 61:7</a>, but there it is evidently a corruption. It occurs also in <a href="/psalms/37-9.htm">Psalm 37:9, 11, 22, 29, 34</a>; and since in the eleventh verse of the psalm it is directly said of the meek: "But the meek shall inherit the land (LXX., οἱ δὲ πραεῖς κληρονομήσουσιν γῆν)," it is, doubtless, from this latter passage that our Lord borrows the phrase. The meaning attributed by our Lord to the word meek is not clear. The ordinary use of the words πραυ'´ς, πραυ'´της, in the New Testament refers solely to the relation of men to men, and this is the sense in which οἱ πραεῖς is taken by most commentators here. But with this sense, taken barely and solely, there seems to be no satisfactory explanation of the position of the Beatitude. Vers. 3 and 4 refer to men in their relation to God; ver. 6, to say the least, includes the relation of men to God; what has ver. 5 to do here if it refers solely to the relation of men to men? It would have come very naturally either before or after ver. 9 ("the peacemakers"); but why here? The reason, however, for the position of the Beatitude lies in the true conception of meekness. While the thought is here primarily that of meekness exhibited towards men (as is evident from the implied contrast in they shall inherit the earth), yet meekness towards men is closely connected with, and is the result of, meekness towards God. This is not exactly humility (ταπεινοφροσύνη, which, as regards God, is equivalent to a sense of creatureliness or dependence; cf. Trench, 'Syn.,' § 42.). Meekness is rather the attitude of the soul towards another when that other is in a state of activity towards it. It is the attitude of the disciple to the teacher when teaching; of the son to the father when exercising his paternal authority; of the servant to the master when giving him orders. It is therefore essentially as applicable to the relation of man to God as to that of man to man. It is for this reason that we find ענוה ענוvery frequently used of man's relation to God, in fact, more often than of man's relation to man; and this common meaning of ענו must be specially remembered here, where the phrase is taken directly from the Old Testament. Weiss ('Matthaus-ev.') objects to Tholuck adducing the evidence of the Hebrew words, on the ground that the Greek terms are used solely of the relation to man, and that this usage is kept to throughout the New Testament. But the latter statement is hardly true. For, not to mention <a href="/matthew/11-29.htm">Matthew 11:29</a>, in which the reference is doubtful, <a href="/james/1-21.htm">James 1:21</a> certainly refers to the meekness shown towards God in receiving his word. "The Scriptural πραότης," says Trench, loc. cit.," is not in a man's outward behaviour only; nor yet in his relations to his fellow-men; as little in his mere natural disposition. Rather is it an inwrought grace of the soul; and the exercises of it are first and chiefly towards God (<a href="/matthew/11-29.htm">Matthew 11:29</a>; <a href="/james/1-21.htm">James 1:21</a>). It is that temper of spirit in which we accept his dealings with us as good, and therefore without disputing or resisting; and it is closely linked with the ταπεωοφροσύνη, and follows directly upon it (<a href="/ephesians/4-2.htm">Ephesians 4:2</a>; <a href="/colossians/3-12.htm">Colossians 3:12</a>; cf. <a href="/zephaniah/3-12.htm">Zephaniah 3:12</a>), because it is only the humble heart which is also the meek; and which, as such, does not fight against God, and more or less struggle and contend with him." Yet, as this meekness must be felt towards God not only in his direct dealings with the soul, but also in his indirect dealings (i.e. by secondary means and agents), it must also be exhibited towards men. Meekness towards God necessarily issues in meekness towards men. Our Lord's concise teaching seizes, therefore, on this furthest expression of meekness. Thus it is not meekness in the relation of man to man barely staled, of which Christ here speaks, but meekness in the relation of man to man, with its prior and presupposed fact of meekness in the relation of man to God. Shall inherit the earth. In the Psalm this is equivalent to the land of Palestine, and the psalmist means that, though the wicked may have temporary power, yet God's true servants shall really and finally have dominion in the land. But what is intended here? Probably our Lord's audience understood the phrase on his lips as a Messianic adaptation of the original meaning, and as therefore implying that those who manifested a meek reception of his will would obtain that full possession of the land of Palestine which was now denied to the Israelites through the conquest of the Romans. But to our Lord, and to the evangelist who, years after, recorded them, the meaning of the words must have been much fuller, corresponding, in fact, to the true meaning of the "kingdom of heaven," viz. that the meek shall inherit - shall receive, as their rightful possession from their Father, the whole earth; renewed, it may be (<a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Isaiah 11:6-9</a>; <a href="/isaiah/65-25.htm">Isaiah 65:25</a>; <a href="/revelation/21-1.htm">Revelation 21:1</a>), but still the earth (<a href="/romans/8-21.htm">Romans 8:21</a>), with all the powers of nature therein implied. Of this the conquest of nature already gained through the civilization produced under Christianity is at once the promise and, though but in a small degree, the firstfruits. <a href="/commentaries/matthew/5-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Blessed [are] Μακάριοι (Makarioi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3107.htm">Strong's 3107: </a> Happy, blessed, to be envied. A prolonged form of the poetical makar; supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. meek, πραεῖς (praeis) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4239.htm">Strong's 4239: </a> Mild, gentle. Apparently a primary word; mild, i.e. humble. for Ὅτι (Hoti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. they αὐτοὶ (autoi) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. will inherit κληρονομήσουσιν (klēronomēsousin) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2816.htm">Strong's 2816: </a> To inherit, obtain (possess) by inheritance, acquire. From kleronomos; to be an heir to. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. earth. γῆν (gēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1093.htm">Strong's 1093: </a> Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/5-5.htm">Matthew 5:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/matthew/5-5.htm">Matthew 5:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/matthew/5-5.htm">Matthew 5:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/matthew/5-5.htm">Matthew 5:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/matthew/5-5.htm">Matthew 5:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/5-5.htm">Matthew 5:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/5-5.htm">Matthew 5:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/5-5.htm">Matthew 5:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/5-5.htm">Matthew 5:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/matthew/5-5.htm">Matthew 5:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/matthew/5-5.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the gentle for they shall (Matt. 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