Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] Lord laughs at him, for he sees that his day is coming.
New American Standard Bible
For He sees
King James Version
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
Holman Bible
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.
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.
Themes
Afflictions of the The Wicked » God holds in derision
Anthropomorphisms » Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to » Laughing
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 37:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instruction In Wisdom
12 [The] wicked plans [evil] against the righteous, and gnashes at him [with] his teeth. 13 [The] Lord laughs at him, for he sees that his day is coming. 14 [The] wicked have drawn [the] sword and have bent their bow to throw down [the] poor and [the] needy, to kill [those] upright in [their] way.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 2:4
[He who] sits [enthroned] in the heavens laughs. The Lord derides them.
1 Samuel 26:10
And David said, "{As Yahweh lives}, {certainly} Yahweh will strike him, or his day will come and he will die, or he will go down in the battle and {perish}.
Proverbs 1:26
I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic comes [upon] you.
Job 18:20
[Those of the] west are appalled over {his fate}, and [those of the] east {are seized with horror}.
Jeremiah 50:27
Massacre all her bulls, let them go down to the slaughtering. Woe to them, for [their] day has come, the time of their punishment.
Ezekiel 21:25
And [as for] you, profane one, wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come with [the] time of [the] punishment of [the] end,
Ezekiel 21:29
when seeing a false vision for you in vain, when practicing divination for you falsely, to give you on [the] neck of [the] profane ones of [the] wicked, {whose day has come}, {the time of final punishment}.
Daniel 5:26
"This [is] the explanation of the matter: 'Mene'--God has numbered your kingdom and brought an end [to] it.