Job 22:19
The righteous will see it, and be glad; and the innocent will laugh them to scorn.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
In Context
20“Is not he destroyed that rose up against us, and hath not the fire consumed what they had left?”
Cross References
Job 9:23If a scourge should slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the guiltless.
Psalms 52:6(52:8) And the righteous shall see it, and they will be afraid, and laugh concerning him:
Psalms 97:8Zion heareth it, and rejoiceth; and glad are the daughters of Judah, because of thy decrees, O Lord.
Proverbs 11:10When it goeth well with the righteous, the town rejoiceth loudly: and when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting.
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 →