Psalms 37:13
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
Psalms 37:13 in other translations
| BSB | but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming. |
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| WEB | The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming. |
| ASV | The Lord will laugh at him; For he seeth that his day is coming. |
| YLT | The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh. |
| DARBY | The Lord laugheth at him; for he seeth that his day is coming. |
| BBE | He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming. |
| Webster | The Lord will laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. |
What does Psalms 37:13 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 37:7-20
Let us be satisfied that God will make all to work for good to us. Let us not discompose ourselves at what we see in this world. A fretful, discontented spirit is open to many temptations. For, in all respects, the little which is allotted to the righteous, is more comfortable and more profitable than the ill-gotten and abused riches of ungodly men. It comes from a hand of special love. God provides plentifully and…
Psalms 37:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 37:13
- Psalms 2:4
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
- Proverbs 1:26
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
- Daniel 5:26
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
- 1 Samuel 26:10
David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
- Ezekiel 21:25
And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
- Ezekiel 21:29
Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
- Jeremiah 50:27
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
- Job 18:20
They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
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- Psalms 37:12
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
- Psalms 37:13
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
- Psalms 37:14
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
Psalms 37:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El Señor se reirá de él; porque ve que viene su día. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | le Seigneur se rira de lui, car il voit que son jour vient. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Herr lacht seiner, denn er sieht, daß sein Tag kommt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et qui inquirebant mala mihi, locuti sunt vanitates, et dolos tota die meditabantur. |