Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

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 ungodly layeth wait for the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 13 But the LORD laugheth him to scorn, for he seeth that his day is coming. 14 The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the simple and poor, and to slay such as are of a right conversation.


Cross References

Psalm 2:4

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

1 Samuel 26:10

And David said furthermore, "As sure as the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into battle and there perish:

Proverbs 1:26

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

Job 18:20

young and old shall be astonished at his death.

Jeremiah 50:27

They shall slay all her mighty soldiers, and put them to death. Woe be unto them, for the day and the time of their visitation is at hand.

Ezekiel 21:25

O thou shameful wicked guide of Israel whose day is come, even the time that wickedness shall have an end:

Ezekiel 21:29

because thou hast looked thee out vanities, and prophesied lies, that it may come upon thy neck like as upon the other ungodly which be slain: whose day came, when their wickedness was full.

Daniel 5:26

Now the interpretation of the thing is this: Mene, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end.

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