לָעַג

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.

So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? lies: or, devices

Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

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

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, shoot: Heb. open

But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. unpunished: Heb. held innocent

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. the valley: or, the brook

Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. stammering: or, ridiculous

O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. was deceived: or, was enticed