Job 22:19
The righteous shall see them, and shall reioyce, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorne.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
In Context
18Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.
20Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them.
Cross References
Job 9:23If the scourge should suddenly slay, should God laugh at the punishment of the innocent?
Psalms 52:6The righteous also shall see it, and feare, and shall laugh at him, saying,
Psalms 97:8Zion heard of it, and was glad: and the daughters of Iudah reioyced, because of thy iudgements, O Lord.
Proverbs 11:10In the prosperitie of the righteous the citie reioyceth, and when the wicked perish, there is ioye.
Revelation 19:1And after these things I heard a great voyce of a great multitude in heauen, saying, Hallelu-iah, saluation, and glorie, and honour, and power be 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 →