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 grinds at him with his teeth. 13 The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees his day is coming.
14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow to throw down the afflicted and the needy, to slay those who are upright in conduct.

Cross References

Psalm 2:4

The One who dwells in heaven laughs. Jehovah scoffs at them.

1 Samuel 26:10

By the living God Jehovah, David declared, I know that Jehovah will kill Saul, either when his time comes to die a natural death or when he dies in battle.

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your trouble. I will mock when your fear comes.

Job 18:20

Men of the west are appalled at him. Men of the east are seized with horror.

Jeremiah 50:27

Kill all their young bulls. Let them go to be slaughtered. How horrible it will be for them when their time has come, the time for them to be punished.

Ezekiel 21:25

You dishonest and wicked prince of Israel, the time for your final punishment has come.

Ezekiel 21:29

The visions that you see are false. The predictions you make are lies. You are wicked and evil. Your day is coming, the day of your final punishment. The sword is going to fall on your necks.

Daniel 5:26

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

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