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Psalms 37:13
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Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord laughs at himbecause he sees that his day is coming.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
Contemporary English Version
but the Lord laughs and knows their time is coming soon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
(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.
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.
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.
The Lord laughs at him, For He sees his day is coming.
Contextual Overview
7 Quiet down before God , be prayerful before him. Don't bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top. 8Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes—it only makes things worse. Before long the crooks will be bankrupt; God -investors will soon own the store. 10Before you know it, the wicked will have had it; you'll stare at his once famous place and—nothing! Down-to-earth people will move in and take over, relishing a huge bonanza. 12Bad guys have it in for the good guys, obsessed with doing them in. But God isn't losing any sleep; to him they're a joke with no punch line. 14Bullies brandish their swords, pull back on their bows with a flourish. They're out to beat up on the harmless, or mug that nice man out walking his dog. A banana peel lands them flat on their faces— slapstick figures in a moral circus. 16Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked, For the wicked are moral weaklings but the righteous are God -strong. 18 God keeps track of the decent folk; what they do won't soon be forgotten. In hard times, they'll hold their heads high; when the shelves are bare, they'll be full. 20 God-despisers have had it; God 's enemies are finished— Stripped bare like vineyards at harvest time, vanished like smoke in thin air.
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
After all this, God tested Abraham. God said, "Abraham!" "Yes?" answered Abraham. "I'm listening."
After all this, God tested Abraham. God said, "Abraham!" "Yes?" answered Abraham. "I'm listening."
Genesis 27:1
When Isaac had become an old man and was nearly blind, he called his eldest son, Esau, and said, "My son." "Yes, Father?"
When Isaac had become an old man and was nearly blind, he called his eldest son, Esau, and said, "My son." "Yes, Father?"
Genesis 27:18
He went to his father and said, "My father!" "Yes?" he said. "Which son are you?"
He went to his father and said, "My father!" "Yes?" he said. "Which son are you?"
Genesis 37:1
Meanwhile Jacob had settled down where his father had lived, the land of Canaan.
Meanwhile Jacob had settled down where his father had lived, the land of Canaan.
Genesis 37:3
Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons because he was the child of his old age. And he made him an elaborately embroidered coat. When his brothers realized that their father loved him more than them, they grew to hate him—they wouldn't even speak to him.
Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons because he was the child of his old age. And he made him an elaborately embroidered coat. When his brothers realized that their father loved him more than them, they grew to hate him—they wouldn't even speak to him.
Genesis 37:17
The man said, "They've left here, but I overheard them say, ‘Let's go to Dothan.'" So Joseph took off, tracked his brothers down, and found them in Dothan.
The man said, "They've left here, but I overheard them say, ‘Let's go to Dothan.'" So Joseph took off, tracked his brothers down, and found them in Dothan.
1 Samuel 3:8
God called again, "Samuel!"—the third time! Yet again Samuel got up and went to Eli, "Yes? I heard you call me. Here I am." That's when it dawned on Eli that God was calling the boy. So Eli directed Samuel, "Go back and lie down. If the voice calls again, say, ‘Speak, God . I'm your servant, ready to listen.'" Samuel returned to his bed.
God called again, "Samuel!"—the third time! Yet again Samuel got up and went to Eli, "Yes? I heard you call me. Here I am." That's when it dawned on Eli that God was calling the boy. So Eli directed Samuel, "Go back and lie down. If the voice calls again, say, ‘Speak, God . I'm your servant, ready to listen.'" Samuel returned to his bed.
1 Samuel 3:16
But then Eli summoned Samuel: "Samuel, my son!" Samuel came running: "Yes? What can I do for you?"
But then Eli summoned Samuel: "Samuel, my son!" Samuel came running: "Yes? What can I do for you?"
Matthew 10:16
"Stay alert. This is hazardous work I'm assigning you. You're going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack, so don't call attention to yourselves. Be as cunning as a snake, inoffensive as a dove.
"Stay alert. This is hazardous work I'm assigning you. You're going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack, so don't call attention to yourselves. Be as cunning as a snake, inoffensive as a dove.
Luke 20:13
"Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘I know what I'll do: I'll send my beloved son. They're bound to respect my son.'
"Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘I know what I'll do: I'll send my beloved son. They're bound to respect my son.'
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.
