The Meek Inherit the Land
7 min readNov 14, 2020
In Matthew 5:5, as part of what now is referred to as ‘The Beatitudes’, Jesus famously declares,
“Happy the meek — because they shall inherit the land (YLT).”
The ‘New King James Version (NKJV)’ and other popular interpretive translations of the Bible (translations that do not only translate words from the original language to English, but that attempt…
