Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

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 break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure,


Cross References

Psalm 37:13

But the LORD laugheth him to scorn, for he seeth that his day is coming.

Psalm 59:8

But thou, O LORD, shalt have them in derision, thou shalt laugh all the Heathen to scorn.

Proverbs 1:26

Therefore shall I also laugh in your destruction, and mock you, when the thing that ye fear cometh upon you:

Psalm 11:4

The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's seat is in heaven. His eyes consider the poor, and his eyelids try the children of men.

Isaiah 40:22

That he sitteth upon the Circle of the world, and that all the inhabiters of the world are, in comparison of him, but as grasshoppers; That he spreadeth out the heavens as a covering, he stretcheth them out as a tent to dwell in;

2 Kings 19:21

This is the thing that the LORD sayeth of him: He hath despised thee, O virgin daughter of Zion; he hath shaken his head at thee, thou daughter of Jerusalem.

Psalm 53:5

They are afraid where no fear is; for God breaketh the bones of them that besiege thee. Thou hast put them to confusion, because God hath despised them.

Psalm 68:33

who sitteth in the heavens over all from the beginning. Lo, he doth send out his voice, yea and that a mighty voice.

Psalm 115:3

As for our God, he is in heaven; he doth whatsoever it pleaseth him.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus sayeth the high and excellent, even he that dwelleth in everlastingness, whose name is the holy one: I dwell high above and in the sanctuary, and with him also, that is of a contrite and humble spirit: that I may heal a troubled mind, and a contrite heart.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus sayeth the LORD: Heaven is my seat, and the earth is my footstool. Where shall now the house stand, that ye build unto me? And where shall be the place, that I will dwell in?

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