Psalms 37:13

King James Version (1611 Edition)

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

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.

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

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.

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 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thy selfe because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked deuices to passe. ⁸ Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thy selfe in any wise to doe euill. ⁹ For euil doers shall be cut off: but those that waite vpon the Lord, they shall inherite the earth. ¹⁰ For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not bee: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. ¹¹ But the meeke shall inherite the earth: and shall delight themselues in the abundance of peace. ¹² The wicked plotteth against the iust, and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth. ¹³ The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is comming. ¹⁴ The wicked haue drawen out the sword, and haue bent their bow to cast downe the poore and needy, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation. ¹⁵ Their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shall be broken. ¹⁶ A little that a righteous man hath, is better then the riches of many 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
And it came to passe after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said vnto him, Abraham. And hee said, Beholde, heere I am.

Genesis 27:1
And it came to passe that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dimme, so that he could not see, hee called Esau his eldest son, and said vnto him, My sonne. And hee said vnto him, Behold, here am I.

Genesis 27:18
And he came vnto his father, and said, My father: And he said, Here am I: who art thou, my sonne?

Genesis 37:1
And Iacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loued Ioseph more then all his children, because he was the sonne of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

Genesis 37:4
And when his brethren saw that their father loued him more then all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speake peaceably vnto him.

Genesis 37:6
And he said vnto them, Heare, I pray you, this dreame which I haue dreamed.

Genesis 37:17
And the man said, They are departed hence: for I heard them say, Let vs goe to Dothan. And Ioseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

Genesis 37:20
Come now therefore, and let vs slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some euill beast hath deuoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreames.

1 Samuel 3:8
And the Lord called Samuel againe the third time. And hee arose, and went to Eli, and said, Here am I, for thou diddest call me. And Eli perceiued that the Lord had called the childe.

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.