Job 22:19
The righteous saw it, and were glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 me.
20'Surely their substance is cut off, and their abundance the fire hath consumed.'
Cross References
Job 9:23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
Psalms 52:6(52-8) The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Psalms 97:8Zion heard and was glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoiced; because of Thy judgments, O LORD.
Proverbs 11:10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is joy.
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 →