Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But the LORD laugheth him to scorn, for he seeth that his 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 Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them. 13 The Lord laughs in disgust at them, for he knows that their day is coming. 14 Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.


Cross References

Psalm 2:4

The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them.

1 Samuel 26:10

David went on to say, "As the Lord lives, the Lord himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.

Proverbs 1:26

so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,

Job 18:20

People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying,

Jeremiah 50:27

Kill all her soldiers! Let them be slaughtered! They are doomed, for their day of reckoning has come, the time for them to be punished."

Ezekiel 21:25

"'As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, the time of final punishment,

Ezekiel 21:29

while seeing false visions for you and reading lying omens for you -- to place that sword on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of final punishment.

Daniel 5:26

This is the interpretation of the words: As for mene -- God has numbered your kingdom's days and brought it to an end.

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