Psalms 2:4 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יוֹשֵׁ֣ב	yo.Shev	[the one who] sits	H3427 →
בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם	ba.sha.Ma.yim	in the heavens	H8064 →
יִשְׂחָ֑ק	yis.Chak	he laughs	H7832 →
אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
יִלְעַג־	yil.'ag-	he mocks	H3932 →
לָֽמוֹ׃	la.mo	<to> them

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 37:13
but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
leads to
- Proverbs 1:26
  in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Proverbs 1:26
in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
leads to
- Psalms 37:13
  but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 10:24
  What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Through
Psalms 11:4
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
leads to
- Isaiah 66:1
  This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 103:19
  The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.
- Psalms 18:6
  In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- Habakkuk 2:20
  But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
Through
Isaiah 40:22
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
leads to
- Proverbs 8:27
  I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Psalms 37:13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.Psalms 59:8But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.Proverbs 1:26in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,Isaiah 40:22He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.Psalms 123:1I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.Psalms 115:3Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.Psalms 53:5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.Psalms 103:19The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.Psalms 68:33to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.Isaiah 66:1This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.Genesis 11:7Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”Esther 6:4“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.Acts 5:23“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”Jeremiah 48:26“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.

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