Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
He who sits in the heavens will laugh. LORD will have them in derision.
New American Standard Bible
The Lord
King James Version
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Holman Bible
the Lord ridicules them.
International Standard Version
He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.
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]
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.
Themes
Anthropomorphisms » Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to » Laughing
Counsel » Those that take counsel together against the lord
Derision » The wicked held in, by God
Interlinear
Yashab
Sachaq
References
American
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 2:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Messiah's Reign
3 Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He who sits in the heavens will laugh. LORD will have them in derision. 5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and vex them in his great displeasure.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 37:13
LORD will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.
Psalm 59:8
But thou, O LORD, will laugh at them. Thou will have all the nations in derision.
Proverbs 1:26
I also will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when your fear comes,
Psalm 11:4
LORD is in his holy temple. LORD's throne is in heaven. His eyes, behold, his eyelids try, the sons of men.
Isaiah 40:22
[It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in,
2 Kings 19:21
This is the word that LORD has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised thee and laughed thee to scorn. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee.
Psalm 53:5
There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against thee. Thou have put them to shame because God has rejected them.
Psalm 68:33
to him who rides upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old. Lo, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
Psalm 115:3
But our God is in the heavens. He has done whatever he pleased.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart o
Isaiah 66:1
Thus says LORD, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What manner of house will ye build to me, and what place shall be my rest?