Psalm 37:11
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New International Version (©2011)
But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The lowly will possess the land and will live in peace and prosperity.

English Standard Version (©2001)
But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But the humble will inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But the humble will inherit the land and will enjoy abundant prosperity.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The humble will inherit the land; they will take in abundant peace.

NET Bible (©2006)
But the oppressed will possess the land and enjoy great prosperity.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And the poor inherit the Earth and enjoy abundant peace.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Oppressed people will inherit the land and will enjoy unlimited peace.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

American King James Version
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

American Standard Version
But the meek shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in abundance of peace.

Darby Bible Translation
But the meek shall possess the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of prosperity.

English Revised Version
But the meek shall inherit the land; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Webster's Bible Translation
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

World English Bible
But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Young's Literal Translation
And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the meek shall inherit the earth,.... See Gill on Psalm 37:9; of this character See Gill on Psalm 22:26. Our Lord seems to refer to this passage in Matthew 5:5;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But the meek shall inherit the earth - See the notes at Psalm 37:3. On the meaning of the word here rendered "meek," see the notes at Psalm 9:12, where it is rendered "humble." The word properly denotes those who are afflicted, distressed, needy; then, those who are of humble rank in life; then, the mild, the gentle, the meek. The term here is a general one to denote those who are the friends of God, considered as meek, mild, gentle, humble, in contradistinction from the wicked who are proud and haughty; perhaps also, in this connection, in contrast with the wicked as prosperous in life. It was probably this passage that the Saviour quoted in Matthew 5:5.

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Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

But the meek - ענוים anavim, the afflicted, the poor Jewish captives.

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Geneva Study Bible

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Wesley's Notes

37:11 But - Those who patiently bear God's afflicting hand, and meekly pass by injuries. Peace - Partly of outward peace and prosperity, which God in his due time will give them: but principally of inward peace, in the sense of God's favour and the assurance of endless happiness.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

11. peace-includes prosperity.

Psalm 37:11 Parallel Commentaries
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Don't Fret Because of Evildoers
…10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yes, you shall diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 12The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth. …

Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
1 Timothy 4:8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
Psalm 25:13 They will spend their days in prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the land.
Psalm 29:11 The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.
Psalm 72:7 In his days may the righteous flourish and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.
Psalm 119:165 Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
Ecclesiastes 8:12 Although a wicked person who commits a hundred crimes may live a long time, I know that it will go better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
Isaiah 29:19 Once more the humble will rejoice in the LORD; the needy will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 60:21 Then all your people will be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands, for the display of my splendor.