King James Version
Psalms 2:4 in the King James Version says “He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.”
Psalms 2:4 · KJV
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. vex: or, trouble
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. set: Heb. anointed upon: Heb. upon Zion, the hill of my holiness
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He that sitteth”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“in the heavens”
H8064the 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 r
“shall have them in derision”
H3932to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
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