Job 22:19
See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
In Context
18And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
20'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'
Cross References
Job 9:23If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth.
Psalms 52:6And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
Psalms 97:8Zion hath heard and rejoiceth, And daughters of Judah are joyful, Because of Thy judgments, O Jehovah.
Proverbs 11:10In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, 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 the heaven, saying, 'Alleluia! the salvation, and the glory, and the honour, and the power, [is] 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 →