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Deliver Me from My Enemies

Psalms 59:8

In 11 translations

BSB
But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
KJV
But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
WEB
But you, Yahweh, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.
ASV
But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
LSV
And You, O YHWH, laugh at them, || You mock at all the nations.
YLT
And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations.
DBY
But thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
DRC58:9
But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them: thou shalt bring all the nations to nothing.
GNV
But thou, O Lord, shalt haue them in derision, and thou shalt laugh at all the heathen.
JPS59:9
But Thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; Thou shalt have all the nations in derision.
LXXE58:9
But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn; thou wilt utterly set at nought all the heathen.

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Original-language editions

WLC59:9
וְאַתָּ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּשְׂחַק־לָ֑מוֹ תִּ֝לְעַ֗ג לְכָל־גּוֹיִֽם׃KJV:Ps.59.8
LXX-Br58:9
Καὶ δὺ Κύριε ἐκγελάσῃ αὐτοὺς, ἐξουδενώσεις τάντα τὰ ἔθνη.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 37:13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
  • Proverbs 1:26in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
  • Psalms 2:4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
  • Matthew 18:17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
  • Psalms 59:5O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah
  • 1 Samuel 19:15–16But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.” And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair on its head.

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  • 59:9 in some Bibles
  • 59:8 in most Bibles

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