Psalms 37:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲדֹנָ֥י יִשְׂחַק־ל֑וֹ כִּֽי־רָ֝אָ֗ה כִּֽי־יָבֹ֥א יוֹמֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

ʾĂdōnāy will yiśḥaq at him, for he rāʾâ that his yômô will yābōʾ.

Grammar Details

*ʾĂdōnāy*: proper noun - Lord/my Lord
*yiśḥaq*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will laugh
*lô*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - at him
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*rāʾâ*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has seen
*yābōʾ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will come
*yômô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his day

Word Meanings

*yiśḥaq-lô*: will laugh at him/will mock him/will scorn him
*rāʾâ*: has seen/sees/observes
*yābōʾ yômô*: his day will come/his time will come/his judgment will come

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 2:4 : 4 He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.
Prov 1:26 : 26 I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
1 Sam 26:10 : 10 And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
Dan 5:26 : 26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end;
Job 18:20 : 20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
Jer 50:27 : 27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
Ezek 21:25 : 25 And thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
Ezek 21:29 : 29 while they see for thee false visions, while they divine lies unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are deadly wounded, whose day is come in the time of the iniquity of the end.

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