King James Version

Psalms 2:4

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

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יוֹשֵׁ֣בyoshevdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִםbashamayimin heavenשָׁמַיִםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).יִשְׂחָ֑קyischaqlaughשָׂחַקverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “laugh”, an unfinished actionH7832to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to playderide, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.אֲ֝דֹנָ֗יadonayLordאֲדֹנָיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “Lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)(my) Lord.יִלְעַגyilaghave in derisionלָעַגverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “have in derision”, an unfinished actionH3932to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligiblyhave in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.לָֽמוֹlamvotoלָֽמוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He that sitteth in heaven laugheth, the Lord hath them in derision.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.

World English Bible

He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.

Darby Translation

He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision.

Douay-Rheims

He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He that sitteth in heaven laugheth, the Lord hath them in derision.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall mock them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν οὐρανοῖς ἐκγελάσεται αὐτοὺς, καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἐκμυκτηριεῖ αὐτούς.