Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The Lord laughs at him
because He sees that his day is coming.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees his day is coming.

King James Version

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

International Standard Version

But the Lord laughs at him because he sees that his day is coming!

A Conservative Version

LORD will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

American Standard Version

The Lord will laugh at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.

Amplified


The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous],
For He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming.

Bible in Basic English

He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

Darby Translation

The Lord laugheth at him; for he seeth that his day is coming.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah shall laugh at him: for he saw that his day will come.

King James 2000

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he sees that his day is coming.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] Lord laughs at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah laughs at him; for He sees that his day is coming.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But the LORD laugheth him to scorn, for he seeth that his day is coming.

NET Bible

The Lord laughs in disgust at them, for he knows that their day is coming.

New Heart English Bible

The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

The Emphasized Bible

My Lord, shall laugh at him, for he seeth, that his day, will come.

Webster

The Lord will laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

World English Bible

The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

Youngs Literal Translation

The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 37:13

Context Readings

Instruction In Wisdom

12 The wicked person schemes against the righteous
and gnashes his teeth at him.
13 The Lord laughs at him
because He sees that his day is coming.
14 The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the bow
to bring down the afflicted and needy
and to slaughter those whose way is upright.


Cross References

Psalm 2:4

The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord ridicules them.

1 Samuel 26:10

David added, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will certainly strike him down: either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

Proverbs 1:26

I, in turn, will laugh at your calamity.
I will mock when terror strikes you,

Job 18:20

Those in the west are appalled at his fate,
while those in the east tremble in horror.

Jeremiah 50:27

Put all her young bulls to the sword;
let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them, because their day has come,
the time of their punishment.

Ezekiel 21:25

And you, profane and wicked prince of Israel,
the day has come
for your punishment.”

Ezekiel 21:29

While they offer false visions
and lying divinations about you,
the time has come to put you
to the necks of the profane wicked ones;
the day has come
for your punishment.

Daniel 5:26

This is the interpretation of the message:

MENE means that God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end.

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