# Didache 3.7

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Didache](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/) (*Doctrina duodecim apostolorum*)
- Date: ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:314; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 308–333 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/3/7/

Summary: Be meek, for the meek will inherit the earth.

## Greek text

ἴσθι δὲ πραΰς, ἐπεὶ οἱ πραεῖς κληρονομήσουσι τὴν γῆν·

## English translation (Claude)

But be meek, since “the meek will inherit the earth.”

## Scripture references

- Matt 5:5: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 37:11 (36:11 LXX): allusion, high confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Did. 3.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/3/7/).