Psalm 37:13 “but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.”

Psalm 37:13

but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The Lord shall 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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

But the Lord shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth, that his day is comming.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“laugh”

Psalm 2:4 Proverbs 1:26

Psalm 2:4 · BSB

The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

Proverbs 1:26 · BSB

in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

“his day”

1 Samuel 26:10 Daniel 5:26 Ezekiel 21:25 Ezekiel 21:29 Jeremiah 50:27

1 Samuel 26:10 · BSB

David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

Daniel 5:26 · BSB

And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.

Ezekiel 21:25 · BSB

And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’

Ezekiel 21:29 · BSB

while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you— to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.

Jeremiah 50:27 · BSB

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

Also

Job 18:20

Job 18:20 · BSB

Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

14The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

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