Psalm 37:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that their day is coming.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The Lord shall laugh at him: For he seeth that his day is coming.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The Lord laughs at [the wicked], for He sees that their own day [of defeat] is coming.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

But my Lord just laughs at them because he knows that their day is coming.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits all the day long.

Psalm 37:13 Cross References

Job 18:20

They of the west are appalled at their fate, and horror seizes those of the east.

Psalm 2:4

He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision.

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you,

Isaiah 2:12

For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up and high;

Jeremiah 50:27

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

Ezekiel 21:25

As for you, vile, wicked prince of Israel, you whose day has come, the time of final punishment,

Ezekiel 21:29

Offering false visions for you, divining lies for you, they place you over the necks of the vile, wicked ones— those whose day has come, the time of final punishment.

Daniel 5:26

This is the interpretation of the matter: mene: God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;

1 Samuel 26:10

David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him down, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.