Mazmur 37:13

37:13 The Lord laughs in disgust ¹  at them,

for he knows that their day is coming. ² 

Mazmur 53:5

53:5 They are absolutely terrified, ³ 

even by things that do not normally cause fear. ⁴ 

For God annihilates ⁵  those who attack you. ⁶ 

You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them. ⁷ 

Mazmur 59:8

59:8 But you, O Lord, laugh in disgust at them; ⁸ 

you taunt ⁹  all the nations.

Mazmur 59:2

59:2 Deliver me from evildoers! ¹⁰ 

Rescue me from violent men! ¹¹ 

Kisah Para Rasul 19:21

A Riot in Ephesus

19:21 Now after all these things had taken place, ¹²  Paul resolved ¹³  to go to Jerusalem, ¹⁴  passing through Macedonia ¹⁵  and Achaia. ¹⁶  He said, ¹⁷  “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.” ¹⁸ 

Amsal 1:26

1:26 so ¹⁹  I myself will laugh ²⁰  when disaster strikes you, ²¹ 

I will mock when what you dread ²²  comes,

[37:13]  ¹ tn Heb “laughs.” As the next line indicates, this refers to derisive laughter (see 2:4). The Hebrew imperfect verbal form describes the action from the perspective of an eye-witness who is watching the divine response as it unfolds before his eyes.

[37:13]  ² tn Heb “for he sees that his day is coming.” As the following context makes clear (vv. 15, 17, 19-20), “his day” refers to the time when God will destroy evildoers.

[53:5]  ³ tn Heb “there they are afraid [with] fear.” The perfect verbal form is probably used in a rhetorical manner; the psalmist describes the future demise of the oppressors as if it were already occurring. The adverb שָׁם (sham, “there”) is also used here for dramatic effect, as the psalmist envisions the wicked standing in fear at a spot that is this vivid in his imagination (BDB 1027 s.v.). The cognate accusative following the verb emphasizes the degree of their terror (“absolutely”).

[53:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “there is no fear.” Apparently this means the evildoers are so traumatized with panic (see v. 5b) that they now jump with fear at everything, even those things that would not normally cause fear. Ps 14:5 omits this line.

[53:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “scatters the bones.” The perfect is used in a rhetorical manner, describing this future judgment as if it were already accomplished. Scattering the bones alludes to the aftermath of a battle. God annihilates his enemies, leaving their carcasses spread all over the battlefield. As the bodies are devoured by wild animals and decay, the bones of God’s dead enemies are exposed. See Ps 141:7.

[53:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “[those who] encamp [against] you.” The second person masculine singular pronominal suffix probably refers to God’s people viewed as a collective whole. Instead of “for God scatters the bones of those who encamp against you,” Ps 14:5 reads, “for God is with a godly generation.”

[53:5]  ⁷ tn Once again the perfect is used in a rhetorical manner, describing this future judgment as if it were already accomplished. As in the previous line, God’s people are probably addressed. The second person singular verb form is apparently collective, suggesting that the people are viewed here as a unified whole. Ps 14:6 reads here “the counsel of the oppressed you put to shame, even though God is his shelter,” the words being addressed to the wicked.

[59:8]  ⁸ sn Laugh in disgust. See Pss 2:4; 37:13.

[59:8]  ⁹ tn Or “scoff at”; or “deride”; or “mock” (see Ps 2:4).

[59:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “from the workers of wickedness.”

[59:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “from men of bloodshed.”

[19:21]  ¹² tn Grk “all these things had been fulfilled.”

[19:21]  ¹³ tn Grk “Paul purposed in [his] spirit” (an idiom). According to BDAG 1003 s.v. τίθημι 1.b.ε the entire idiom means “to resolve” (or “decide”): “ἔθετο ὁ Παῦλος ἐν τῷ πνεύματι w. inf. foll. Paul resolved 19:21.”

[19:21]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:21]  ¹⁵ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[19:21]  ¹⁶ sn Achaia was the Roman province of Achaia located across the Aegean Sea from Ephesus. Its principal city was Corinth.

[19:21]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “Achaia, saying.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the awkwardness in English of having two participial clauses following one another (“passing through…saying”), the participle εἰπών (eipwn) has been translated as a finite verb and a new sentence begun here in the translation.

[19:21]  ¹⁸ sn This is the first time Paul mentions Rome. He realized the message of Christianity could impact that society even at its heights.

[19:21]  map For location see JP4 A1.

[1:26]  ¹⁹ tn The conclusion or apodosis is now introduced.

[1:26]  ²⁰ sn Laughing at the consequences of the fool’s rejection of wisdom does convey hardness against the fool; it reveals the folly of rejecting wisdom (e.g., Ps 2:4). It vindicates wisdom and the appropriateness of the disaster (D. Kidner, Proverbs [TOTC], 60).

[1:26]  ²¹ tn Heb “at your disaster.” The 2nd person masculine singular suffix is either (1) a genitive of worth: “the disaster due you” or (2) an objective genitive: “disaster strikes you.” The term “disaster” (אֵיד, ’ed) often refers to final life-ending calamity (Prov 6:15; 24:22; BDB 15 s.v. 3). The preposition ב (bet) focuses upon time here.

[1:26]  ²² tn Heb “your dread” (so NASB); KJV “your fear”; NRSV “panic.” The 2nd person masculine singular suffix is a subjective genitive: “that which you dread.”