Job 22:19
The righteous see and they rejoice, || And the innocent mocks at them:
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
In Context
18And He has filled their houses [with] good (And the counsel of the wicked || Has been far from me).
20Surely our substance has not been cut off, || And fire has consumed their excellence.
Cross References
Job 9:23If a scourge puts to death suddenly, He laughs at the trial of the innocent.
Psalms 52:6And the righteous see, || And fear, and laugh at him.
Psalms 97:8Zion has heard and rejoices, || And daughters of Judah are joyful, || Because of Your judgments, O YHWH.
Proverbs 11:10A city exults in the good of the righteous, || And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.
Revelation 19:1And after these things I heard a great voice of a great multitude in Heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! The salvation, and the glory, and the power [belong] to the LORD our God;
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 →