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Psalms 2:4

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.

KJV

Qui habitat in cælis irridebit eos, et Dominus subsannabit eos.

Vulgate

ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν οὐρανοῖς ἐκγελάσεται αὐτούς, καὶ ὁ κύριος ἐκμυκτηριεῖ αὐτούς.

LXX

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

ASV

יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בַּ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם יִשְׂחָ֑ק אֲ֝דֹנָ֗/י יִלְעַג לָֽ/מוֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 440×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
לָעֲגָ֣ה
l'gh
verb · 17×
מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים
mshchqym
verb · 35×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Our Lord Jesus Christ calls His coming in the flesh an exodus [or going out]: as when He says, The sower went out to sow. Matthew 13:3 And again, I went out from the Father, and have come. John 16:28 And in many places one may see this. But Paul calls it an [eisodus or] coming in, saying, And when again He brings in the First-Begotten into the world, meaning by this Bringing…
Why do the heathen rage? This is one of the great Messianic Psalms. Though it had a primary reference to David, its full meaning is found in Christ. "Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee" — the apostles apply these words directly to the resurrection of Christ. The kings and rulers who set themselves against the Lord and his Anointed fight against God himself, and thei…

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 19:21 — This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
  • Acts 5:23 — Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
  • Esth 6:4 — And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
  • Gen 11:7 — Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
  • Isa 7:7 — Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
  • Isa 40:22 — It is he that sitteth upon 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:
  • Isa 57:15 — 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 t
  • Isa 66:1 — Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
  • Prov 1:26 — I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
  • Prov 1:26 — I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
  • Ps 11:4 — The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
  • Ps 11:4 — The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
  • Ps 37:13 — The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
  • Ps 37:13 — The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
  • Ps 53:5 — 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 God hath despised them.
  • Ps 53:5 — 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 God hath despised them.
  • Ps 59:8 — But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
  • Ps 59:8 — But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
  • Ps 68:33 — To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
  • Ps 103:19 — The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
  • Ps 115:3 — But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
  • Ps 115:3 — But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
  • Ps 123:1 — Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
  • Rom 15:12 — And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.