Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He who sits in the heavens laughs,
The Lord scoffs at them.

King James Version

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.

A Conservative Version

He who sits in the heavens will laugh. LORD will have them in derision.

American Standard Version

He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.

Amplified


He who sits [enthroned] in the heavens laughs [at their rebellion];
The [Sovereign] Lord scoffs at them [and in supreme contempt He mocks them].

Bible in Basic English

Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.

Darby Translation

He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision.

Julia Smith Translation

He dwelling in the heavens shall laugh: Jehovah shall deride to them.

King James 2000

He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[He who] sits [enthroned] in the heavens laughs. The Lord derides them.

Modern King James verseion

He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; Jehovah shall mock at them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision.

NET Bible

The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them.

New Heart English Bible

He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.

The Emphasized Bible

He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh, - My Lord, will mock at them:

Webster

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

World English Bible

He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.

Youngs Literal Translation

He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

in the heavens
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

שׂחק 
Sachaq 
Usage: 36

the Lord
אדני 
'Adonay 
Usage: 438

References

Morish

Context Readings

The Messiah's Reign

3 “Let us tear their fetters apart
And cast away their cords from us!”
4 He who sits in the heavens laughs,
The Lord scoffs at them.
5 Then He will speak to them in His anger
And terrify them in His fury, saying,

Cross References

Psalm 37:13

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

Psalm 59:8

But You, O Lord, laugh at them;
You scoff at all the nations.

Proverbs 1:26

I will also laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your dread comes,

Psalm 11:4

The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

Isaiah 40:22

It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

2 Kings 19:21

This is the word that the Lord has spoken against him:
‘She has despised you and mocked you,
The virgin daughter of Zion;
She has shaken her head behind you,
The daughter of Jerusalem!

Psalm 53:5

There they were in great fear where no fear had been;
For God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you;
You put them to shame, because God had rejected them.

Psalm 68:33

To Him who rides upon the highest heavens, which are from ancient times;
Behold, He speaks forth with His voice, a mighty voice.

Psalm 115:3

But our God is in the heavens;
He does whatever He pleases.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and exalted One
Who lives forever, whose name is Holy,
“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord,
Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that I may rest?

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