Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Happy, ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Happy, ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

New American Standard Bible

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

King James Version

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Holman Bible

You who are now hungry are blessed,
because you will be filled.
You who now weep are blessed,
because you will laugh.

International Standard Version

How blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied! How blessed are you who are crying now, because you will laugh!

A Conservative Version

Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.

American Standard Version

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Amplified

Blessed [joyful, nourished by God’s goodness] are you who hunger now [for righteousness, actively seeking right standing with God], for you will be [completely] satisfied. Blessed [forgiven, refreshed by God’s grace] are you who weep now [over your sins and repent], for you will laugh [when the burden of sin is lifted].

An Understandable Version

Those of you who now have an appetite [i.e., for doing what is right] are blessed, because you will be satisfied [eventually]. Those of you who cry now [i.e., over your sins] are blessed, because you will laugh [i.e., when you are forgiven later].

Anderson New Testament

Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh.

Bible in Basic English

Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.

Common New Testament

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Daniel Mace New Testament

blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be satisfied. blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall find matter of mirth.

Darby Translation

Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

Godbey New Testament

Blessed are ye who hunger now: because ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye who weep now: because ye shall laugh.

Goodspeed New Testament

"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied! "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh!

John Wesley New Testament

Happy are ye that hunger now; for ye shall be satisfied: happy are ye that weep now; for ye shall laugh.

Julia Smith Translation

Happy the hungering now: for ye shall be satisfied. Happy the weeping now: for ye shall laugh.

King James 2000

Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Blessed [are] those who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. Blessed [are] those who weep now, Because you will laugh.

Modern King James verseion

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Moffatt New Testament

Blessed are you who hunger to-day! you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep to-day! you shall laugh.

Montgomery New Testament

"Blessed are you who are hungry now, For you shall be filled. "Blessed are you who are wailing now, For you shall laugh.

NET Bible

"Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

New Heart English Bible

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Noyes New Testament

Blessed are ye that hunger now; for ye will be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now; for ye will laugh.

Sawyer New Testament

Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Blessed are ye who hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Webster

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Weymouth New Testament

"Blessed are you who hunger now, because your hunger shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who now weep aloud, because you shall laugh.

Williams New Testament

Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be completely satisfied! Blessed are you who are weeping now, for you will laugh!

World English Bible

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Worrell New Testament

"Happy, ye who are hungering now; because ye will be filled. "Happy, ye who are weeping now; because ye shall laugh.

Worsley New Testament

Blessed are ye that hunger now; for ye shall be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now; for ye shall laugh.

Youngs Literal Translation

Happy those hungering now -- because ye shall be filled. 'Happy those weeping now -- because ye shall laugh.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
μακάριος 
Makarios 
μακάριος 
Makarios 
Usage: 21
Usage: 21

πεινάω 
Peinao 
hunger, be an hungred, be hungry, hungry
Usage: 12

now
νῦν 
Nun 
νῦν 
Nun 
Usage: 102
Usage: 102

for
ὅτι 
Hoti 
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764
Usage: 764

ye shall be filled
χορτάζω 
Chortazo 
Usage: 10

κλαίω 
Klaio 
Usage: 30

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Luke 6:21

Context Readings

Happiness And Sorrow

20 And, he, lifting up his eyes towards his disciples, was saying: - Happy, ye destitute, for, yours, is the kingdom of God. 21 Happy, ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Happy, ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh. 22 Happy, are ye, whensoever men shall hate you, and whensoever they shall separate you, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man:

Cross References

Matthew 5:4

Happy, they who mourn; for, they, shall be comforted:

Luke 6:25

Alas! for you, ye who are filled full now, for ye shall hunger. Alas! ye that laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.

Psalm 17:15

I, in righteousness, shall behold thy face, Shall be satisfied when awakened by a vision of thee.

Isaiah 55:1-2

Ho! every one that thirsteth! Come ye to the waters, Yea he that hath no money, - Come ye - buy corn, and eat, Yea come - buy corn without money, And without price, wine and milk,

Isaiah 61:1-3

The spirit of My Lord Yahweh, is upon me, - Because Yahweh Hath anointed me to tell good tidings to the oppressed, lath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, To proclaim To captives, liberty, To them who are bound, the opening of the prison;

Matthew 5:6

Happy, they who hunger and thirst for righteousness; for, they, shall be filled:

Luke 1:53

The hungry, hath he filled with good things, and, the wealthy, hath he sent empty away;

Genesis 17:17

And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, - and said in his heart To one a hundred years old, shall a child be born? And shall even Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?

Genesis 21:6

And Sarah said, A laughing, hath God made for me, - Everyone that heareth will laugh with me.

Psalm 6:6-8

I am weary with my sighing, I flood, through the whole night, my couch, - With my tears, I cause, my bed, to dissolve:

Psalm 28:7

Yahweh, is my strength and my shield, In him, hath trusted my heart, and I have found help, - Therefore hath my heart danced for joy, and, with my song, do I praise him.

Psalm 30:11-12

Thou hast turned my lamentation, into a dance for me, - Thou hast torn off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness:

Psalm 42:1-3

BOOK THE SECOND As, the hart, cometh panting up to the channels of water, So my soul, panteth for thee, O God.

Psalm 63:1-5

O God, my GOD, thou art, Earnestly do I desire thee, - My soul thirsteth for thee, My flesh fainteth for thee, In a land - dry, and weary for want of water, -

Psalm 65:4

How happy the man thou shalt choose and bring near! He shall bide in thy courts, - We shall be satisfied with, The blessing of thy house, The holiness of thy temple.

Psalm 107:9

For he hath satisfied the longing soul, and, the famished soul, hath he filled with good.

Psalm 119:136

Streams of water, have run down mine eyes, because men have not kept thy law.

Psalm 126:1-2

When Yahweh brought back the captives of Zion, we were like them who dream:

Psalm 126:5-6

They who are sowing with tears, with shouting, shall reap:

Ecclesiastes 7:2-3

Better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of banqueting, for, that, is the end of all men, - and, the living, should take it to his heart.

Isaiah 12:1-2

Thou shalt say, therefore, in that day, I will praise thee, O Yahweh! Though thou hast been angry with me, Thine anger turneth back. And thou dost comfort me.

Isaiah 25:6

Then will Yahweh of hosts prepare for all the peoples in this mountain, A banquet of fat things, A banquet of old wines, - Of fat things full of marrow, Of old wines well refined;

Isaiah 30:19

For, a people, In Zion, shall dwell, In Jerusalem, - As for weeping, thou shalt not weep! As for favour, he will grant thee favour, at the sound of thine outcry, - As soon as he heareth, he hath answered thee!

Isaiah 44:3-4

For I will pour, Water upon the thirsty soil, and Floods upon the dry ground, - I will pour My spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring;

Isaiah 49:9-10

Saying To them who are hound Go forth, To them who are in darkness, Shew yourselves, - By the roads, shall they graze, And on all bare places, shall be their pasture:

Isaiah 57:17-18

Because of his iniquitous gain, was I wroth - and smote him Hiding myself that I might be wroth, - But he went on turning aside in the way of his own heart.

Isaiah 65:13-14

Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, - Lo! my servants, shall eat but, ye, shall be famished, Lo! my servants, shall drink but, ye shall be thirsty, - Lo! my servants, shall rejoice but ye, shall turn pale;

Isaiah 66:10

Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and exult over her All ye who love her, - Joy with her right joyfully, All ye who used to mourn over her:

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh that my head were waters, And mine eyes a fountain of tears, - That I might weep day and night, For the slain of the daughter of my people!

Jeremiah 13:17

But if ye will not hear it, In secret places, shall my soul weep Because of the pride, And mine eye, shall flow over, and run down with tears, Because captive hath been taken the flock of Yahweh.

Jeremiah 31:9

With weeping, shall they come in, And with supplications, will I lead them, I will bring them unto rivers of waters By a smooth way, wherein they shall not stumble, - For I have become, to Israel, a father, And as for Ephraim, my firstborn, is he!

Jeremiah 31:13-14

Then shall the virgin rejoice, in the dance, And young men and elders rejoice together, And I will turn their mourning into gladness and will comfort them, And will make them rejoice from their sorrow;

Jeremiah 31:18-20

I have, heard, Ephraim bemoaning himself, Thou hast chastised me and I have been chastised, Like a bullock, not broken in, Suffer me to return that I may return, For thou, art Yahweh my God.

Jeremiah 31:25

For I have satiated the weary soul, - And every languishing soul, have I filled.

Ezekiel 7:16

While they who escape of them shall escape and become on the mountains as the doves of the valleys, all of them cooing, - -each one in his punishment.

Ezekiel 9:4

Then said Yahweh unto him. Pass along through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, - and set thou a mark upon the foreheads of the men who are sighing and crying over all the abominations that are being done in her midst.

John 4:10

Jesus answered, and said unto her - If thou hadst known the free gift of God, and who it is that is saying unto thee, Give me to drink, thou, wouldst have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.

John 6:35

Jesus said unto them - I, am the bread of life: he that cometh unto me, in nowise shall hunger, and, he that believeth on me, in nowise shall thirst, any more.

John 7:37-38

Now, on the last - the great - day of the feast, Jesus was standing, and he cried aloud, saying - If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink:

John 11:35

Jesus wept.

John 16:20-21

Verily, verily, I say unto you - Ye, shall weep and lament, but, the world, shall rejoice: Ye, shall be grieved, but, your grief, into joy, shall be turned.

Romans 9:1-3

Truth, say I, in Christ, I utter no falsehood, - my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, -

1 Corinthians 4:11

Until the present hour, we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and are wanderers,

2 Corinthians 1:4-6

Who encourageth us in all our tribulation, to the end we may be able to encourage them who are in any tribulation - through means of the encouragement wherewith we, ourselves, are encouraged by God.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as grieving, yet, ever, rejoicing, as destitute, yet making, many, rich, as holding, nothing, and yet firmly holding, all things.

2 Corinthians 7:10-11

For, grief according to God, worketh, repentance unto salvation, not to be regretted; although, the grieving of the world, worketh, death.

2 Corinthians 11:27

in toil and hardship, in watchings, oft, in hunger and thirst, in fasting, oft, in cold and nakedness: -

2 Corinthians 12:10

Wherefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, and straits, in behalf of Christ; for, as soon as I am weak, then, am powerful.

James 1:2-4

All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations, -

James 1:12

Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life - which he hath promised unto them that love him.

1 Peter 1:6-8

Wherein ye exult, though, for a little, just now, if needful, put to grief in manifold temptations,

Revelation 7:16

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither in any wise shall the sun fall upon them, nor any burning heat;

Revelation 21:3

And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying - Lo! the tent of God, is with men, and he will tabernacle with them, and, they, shall be, his peoples, and, he, shall be, God with them;

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