Psalms 37:13

Complete Jewish Bible

but Adonai laughs at the wicked, knowing his day will come.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord laughs at himbecause he sees that his day is coming.

Hebrew Names Version
The Lord will laugh at him, For he sees that his day is coming.

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

English Standard Version
but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.

New Century Version
But the Lord laughs at the wicked, because he sees that their day is coming.

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

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

World English Bible
The Lord will laugh at him, For he sees that his day is coming.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But the Lord shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth, that his day is comming.

Legacy Standard Bible
The Lord laughs at him,For He sees that his day is coming.

Berean Standard Bible
but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.

Contemporary English Version
but the Lord laughs and knows their time is coming soon.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
But our Lord will laugh at them. He will make sure they get what they deserve.

George Lamsa Translation
The LORD shall laugh at him; for he sees that his day is coming.

Good News Translation
But the Lord laughs at wicked people, because he knows they will soon be destroyed.

Lexham English Bible
The Lord laughs at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

Literal Translation
the Lord laughs at him, for He sees that his day is coming.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But ye LORDE laugheth him to scorne, for he seith yt his daye is cominge.

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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The Lord doth laugh at him; for He seeth that his day is coming.

King James Version (1611)
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is comming.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth that his day is comming.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day will come.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But the Lord schal scorne the synnere; for he biholdith that his day cometh.

Update Bible Version
The Lord will laugh at him; For he sees that his day is coming.

Webster's Bible Translation
The Lord will laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

New King James Version
The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming.

New Living Translation
But the Lord just laughs, for he sees their day of judgment coming.

New Life Bible
The Lord laughs at him because He sees his day is coming.

New Revised Standard
but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that their day is coming.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
My Lord, shall laugh at him, for he seeth, that his day, will come.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-13) But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foreseeth that his day shall come.

Revised Standard Version
but the LORD laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.

Young's Literal Translation
The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Lord laughs at him, For He sees his day is coming.

Contextual Overview

⁷ Be still before Adonai ; wait patiently till he comes. Don't be upset by those whose way succeeds because of their wicked plans. ⁸ Stop being angry, put aside rage, and don't be upset — it leads to evil. ⁹ For evildoers will be cut off, but those hoping in Adonai will inherit the land. ¹⁰ Soon the wicked will be no more; you will look for his place, and he won't be there. ¹¹ But the meek will inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace. ¹² The wicked plots against the righteous and grinds his teeth at him; ¹³ but Adonai laughs at the wicked, knowing his day will come. ¹⁴ The wicked have unsheathed their swords, they have strung their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slaughter those whose way is upright. ¹⁵ But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken. ¹⁶ Better the little that the righteous has than the wealth of all the wicked.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

laugh: Psalms 2:4, Proverbs 1:26

his day: 1 Samuel 26:10, Jeremiah 50:27, Ezekiel 21:25, Ezekiel 21:29, Daniel 5:26

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:41 - then 2 Samuel 16:20 - Give counsel Job 18:20 - his day Psalms 7:16 - General Psalms 37:18 - the days Psalms 59:8 - Thou Isaiah 54:15 - shall fall Jeremiah 27:7 - until Jeremiah 46:21 - the day Jeremiah 47:4 - the day Lamentations 1:21 - the day Ezekiel 30:3 - the day is Daniel 6:4 - sought Joel 1:15 - the day of Joel 3:14 - for Obadiah 1:12 - looked Mark 6:21 - when Luke 19:43 - the days

Cross-References

Genesis 22:1
(vii) After these things, God tested Avraham. He said to him, "Avraham!" and he answered, "Here I am."

Genesis 27:1
In the course of time, after Yitz'chak had grown old and his eyes dim, so that he couldn't see, he called ‘Esav his older son and said to him, "My son?" and he answered, "Here I am."

Genesis 27:18
He went to his father and said, "My father?" He replied, "Here I am; who are you, my son?"

Genesis 37:1
Ya‘akov continued living in the land where his father had lived as a foreigner, the land of Kena‘an.

Genesis 37:3
Now Isra'el loved Yosef the most of all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a long-sleeved robe.

Genesis 37:4
When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they began to hate him and reached the point where they couldn't even talk with him in a civil manner.

Genesis 37:6
He said to them, "Listen while I tell you about this dream of mine.

Genesis 37:17
The man said, "They've left here; because I heard them say, ‘Let's go to Dotan.'" Yosef went after his brothers and found them in Dotan.

Genesis 37:20
So come now, let's kill him and throw him into one of these water cisterns here. Then we'll say some wild animal devoured him. We'll see then what becomes of his dreams!"

1 Samuel 3:8
Adonai called, "Sh'mu'el!" again, a third time. He got up, went to ‘Eli and said, "Here I am — you called me." At last ‘Eli realized it was Adonai calling the child.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord shall laugh at him,.... Have him and his plots in derision, confound his schemes, and disappoint him of his designs, bring him into calamity, and laugh at it; see Psalms 2:4;

for he seeth that his day is coming; either the day of the Lord, which he has appointed to judge the world in, and which comes suddenly, at unawares, as a thief in the night, and is known unto the Lord, though to none else; or the day of the wicked man's ruin and destruction, to which he is appointed, and which is the same; and so the Targum is, "the day of his calamity": which the Lord observes is hastening on, when he will be for ever miserable.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord shall laugh at him - See the notes at Psalms 2:4. That is, he will regard all his attempts as vain - as not worthy of serious thought or care. The language is that which we use when there is no fear or apprehension felt. It is not that God is unfeeling, or that he is disposed to deride man, but that he regards all such efforts as vain, and as not demanding notice on the ground of anything to be apprehended from them.

For he seeth that his day is coming - The day of his destruction or overthrow. He sees that the wicked man cannot be ultimately successful, but that destruction is coming upon him. There is nothing ultimately to be apprehended from his designs, for his overthrow is certain.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:13. He seeth that his day is coming. — The utter desolation of your oppressors is at hand. All this may be said of every wicked man.