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The Triumphant Messiah

Psalms 2:4

In 11 translations

BSB
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
KJV
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
WEB
He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
ASV
He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.
LSV
He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, || The Lord mocks at them.
YLT
He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.
DBY
He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision.
DRC
He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.
GNV
But he that dwelleth in the heauen, shall laugh: the Lord shall haue them in derision.
JPS
He that sitteth in heaven laugheth, the Lord hath them in derision.
LXXE
He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall mock them.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם יִשְׂחָ֑ק אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν οὐρανοῖς ἐκγελάσεται αὐτοὺς, καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἐκμυκτηριεῖ αὐτούς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 37:13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
  • Psalms 59:8But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
  • Proverbs 1:26in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
  • Isaiah 40:22He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
  • Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
  • Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive…
  • Psalms 115:3Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
  • Psalms 53:5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
  • Psalms 68:33to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.
  • Isaiah 66:1This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
  • 2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

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