Job 22:19
The righteous shall see and rejoice, and, the innocent, shall laugh them to scorn:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
In Context
18Yet, he, had filled their houses with good! The counsel of the lawless, then, is far from me:
20If our assailants do not vanish, then, their abundance, a fire consumeth!
Cross References
Job 9:23If, a scourge, slay suddenly, at the despair of innocent ones, he mocketh.
Psalms 52:6The righteous shall both see and fear, And, over him, shall laugh:
Psalms 97:8Zion, hath heard and rejoiced, And the daughters of Judah, have exulted, Because of thy righteous decisions, O Yahweh:
Proverbs 11:10When it is, well with the righteous, the city, exulteth, When the lawless perish, there is a shout of triumph.
Revelation 19:1After these things, I heard as it were, a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying—Hallelujah! The salvation and the glory and the power of 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 →