Job 22:19
The righteous have seen it, and laughed, and the blameless one has derided them.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
In Context
18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from him.
Cross References
Job 9:23For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn.
Psalms 52:6for God has scattered the bones of the men-pleasers; they were ashamed, for God despised them.
Psalms 97:8The rivers shall clap their hands together; the mountains shall exult. + 97:8 Alex. + before the Lord, for he comes.
Proverbs 11:10In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers: + 11:10 See Appendix which gives the Alexandrine text as: “[note - Part of verse 10.]— but at the destruction of the wicked there is exultation.”
Matthew Henry on Job 22:16-21
Judgments Executed on the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire… Read the whole commentary →