Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The Lord laughs at him
because He sees that his day is coming.

International Standard Version

But the Lord laughs at him because he sees that his day is coming!

A Conservative Version

LORD will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

American Standard Version

The Lord will laugh at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.

Amplified


The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous],
For He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming.

Bible in Basic English

He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

Darby Translation

The Lord laugheth at him; for he seeth that his day is coming.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah shall laugh at him: for he saw that his day will come.

King James 2000

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he sees that his day is coming.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] Lord laughs at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah laughs at him; for He sees that his day is coming.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

The Lord laughs in disgust at them, for he knows that their day is coming.

New Heart English Bible

The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

The Emphasized Bible

My Lord, shall laugh at him, for he seeth, that his day, will come.

Webster

The Lord will laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

World English Bible

The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

Youngs Literal Translation

The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 37:13

Context Readings

Instruction In Wisdom

12 The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, 13 The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees his day is coming.
14 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright;

Cross References

Psalm 2:4

He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.

1 Samuel 26:10

And David said, "As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you,

Job 18:20

They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east.

Jeremiah 50:27

Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.

Ezekiel 21:25

And you, O profanewicked one, prince of Israel, whose day has come, the time of your final punishment,

Ezekiel 21:29

while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you--to place you on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.

Daniel 5:26

This is the interpretation of the matter: MENE, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;

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