Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
For He sees
King James Version
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
Holman Bible
because He sees 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.
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.
Themes
Afflictions of the The Wicked » God holds in derision
Anthropomorphisms » Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to » Laughing
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 37:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instruction In Wisdom
12
The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous],
For He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming.
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slaughter those who are upright in conduct [those with personal integrity and godly character].
Names
Cross References
Psalm 2:4
He who sits [enthroned] in the heavens laughs [at their rebellion];
The [Sovereign]
1 Samuel 26:10
David also said, “As the Lord lives, most certainly the Lord will strike him [in His own time and way], or his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be carried off [dead].
Proverbs 1:26
I also will laugh at your disaster;
I will mock when your dread and panic come,
Job 18:20
“Those in the west are astonished and appalled at his fate,
And those in the east are seized with horror.
Jeremiah 50:27
Kill all her young bulls [her strength—her young men];
Let them go down to the slaughter!
Woe (judgment is coming) to the Chaldeans, for their day has come,
The time of their punishment.
Ezekiel 21:25
And you, O dishonored and wicked one [Zedekiah], the prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose time of final punishment is here,’
Ezekiel 21:29
while they (Ammonite prophets) see false visions [of peace] for you, while they divine lies [of escape] for you—to place you [of Ammon] on the headless bodies of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, whose time of the final punishment is here.
Daniel 5:26
This is the interpretation of the message: ‘mene’—God has numbered the days of your kingdom and put an end to it;