Job 22:19

Job 22:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
• New International Version (NIV)The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,
• English Standard Version (ESV)The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent one mocks at them,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The righteous see it and are glad, And the innocent laugh at them:

Context of Job 22:19

17Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them? 18Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn: 20Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue? 21Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

Job 22:19 word by word

יִרְא֣וּ צַדִּיקִ֣ים וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּ וְ֝נָקִ֗י יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• gladשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
• innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355

Cross-references for Job 22:19

• Psalms 48:11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
• Psalms 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:
• Psalms 97:8Zion heard, and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments, O Jehovah.
• Psalms 107:42The upright shall see it, and rejoice; and all unrighteousness shall stop its mouth.
• Proverbs 11:10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
• Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, heaven, and [ye] saints and apostles and prophets; for God has judged your judgment upon her.
• Revelation 19:1After these things I heard as a loud voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, Hallelujah: the salvation and the glory and the power of our God:
• Job 9:23If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
• Psalms 52:6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, [saying,]

Commentaries on Job 22:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19The righteous see it, and are glad - They see God's judgments on the incorrigibly wicked, and know that the Judge of all the earth does right; hence they rejoice in all the dispensations of his providence.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-20Verses 15-20 Eliphaz would have Job mark the old way that wicked men have trodden, and see what the end of their way was. It is good for us to mark it, that we may not walk therein. But if others are consumed, and we are not, instead of blaming them, and lifting up ourselves, as Eliphaz does here, we ought to be thankful to God, and take it for a warning.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20The righteous see it and are glad: Those in a right relationship with God will be glad to see justice done and wrong things made right (see also Psalm 58:10–11; Revelation 19:1–4). Eliphaz's perspective overlooked God's wish "that the wicked should turn from their ways and live" (see Ezekiel 33:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Triumph of the pious at the fall of the recent followers of the antediluvian sinners. While in the act of denying that God can do them any good or harm, they are cut off by Him. Eliphaz hereby justifies himself and the friends for their conduct to Job: not derision of the wretched, but joy at the vindication of God's ways (Psa 107:42; Re 15:3; 16:7; 19:1, 2).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Acquaint
• Decree
• Lift
• Sudden
• Thereby
• Eliphaz (2)
• Scorn
• Eliphaz

Commentaries on Job 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings