Psalms 2:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם יִשְׂחָ֑ק אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ

Transliteration

yôšēḇ baššāmayim yiśḥāq ʾăḏōnāy yilʿaḡ-lāmô

Grammar Details

*yôšēḇ*: qal participle, masculine singular - the one sitting/dwelling
*baššāmayim*: preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - in the heavens
*yiśḥāq*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he laughs/mocks
*ʾăḏōnāy*: proper noun - Lord/Master
*yilʿaḡ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he scoffs/mocks/derides
*lāmô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - at them

Word Meanings

*yôšēḇ*: one sitting/dwelling/enthroned
*yiśḥāq*: laughs/mocks/ridicules
*yilʿaḡ*: scoffs/mocks/derides/holds in derision

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 59:8 : 8 But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
Ps 37:13 : 13 The Lord will laugh at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.
Isa 40:22 : 22 [ It is] he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
Ps 11:4 : 4 Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Prov 1:26 : 26 I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?
Ps 115:3 : 3 But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.
2 Kgs 19:21 : 21 This is the word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
Ps 53:5 : 5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was; For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, because of God hath rejected them.

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