Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Book ·278 of 348
"The meek shall inherit the earth."
They never said that.
What people say
"The meek shall inherit the earth."
What was actually said
"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." Jesus of Nazareth (Sermon on the Mount) — Matthew 5:5 (KJV, 1611)
Why it stuck
The modern tag drops the beatitude frame — "blessed are" — which anchors the promise in divine approval, not cosmic inevitability.
Echoes Psalm 37:11, which the Septuagint renders with similar wording.
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