Psalm 2:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: The Lord shall have them in derision.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ He Who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision [and in supreme contempt He mocks them].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.

Common English Bible

⁴ The one who rules in heaven laughs; my Lord makes fun of them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.

Psalm 2:4 Cross References

2 Kings 19:21

This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: ‘She despises you, she scorns you— the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you— the daughter of Jerusalem.

Psalm 11:4

The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven; his eyes behold, his eyelids test, the children of men.

Psalm 115:3

Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases.

Psalm 123:1

To thee I lift up my eyes, O thou who art enthroned in the heavens!

Psalm 37:13

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

Psalm 53:5

There they are, in great terror, in terror such as has not been! For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly; they will be put to shame, for God has rejected them.

Psalm 59:8

But thou, O Lord, dost laugh at them; thou dost hold all the nations in derision.

Psalm 59:9

O my Strength, I will sing praises to thee; for thou, O God, art my fortress.

Psalm 68:33

to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; lo, he sends forth his voice, his mighty voice.

Proverbs 1:26

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

Isaiah 40:22

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool; what is the house which you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?