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

17They said to God, “Leave us alone!” They thought that Almighty God could not hurt them. 18But it was God who gave them many good things to enjoy. So I cannot accept the ideas of wicked people. God punishes wicked people. When righteous people see that happen, they are happy. Good people then laugh at wicked people. 20They say, “God has destroyed our enemies. He has burned all their valuable things in a fire.” 21So, Job, agree to accept God's ways. Have peace in your mind about him. Then you will again have good success.

Job 22:19 word by word

יִרְא֣וּ צַדִּיקִ֣ים וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּ וְ֝נָקִ֗י יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• and are gladשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
• and the innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• laugh them to scornלָעַגlâ‛ag · to mockH3932

Cross-references for Job 22:19

• Psalms 48:11Because you judge people in a right way, Mount Zion and all the towns of Judah will be happy.
• Psalms 58:10When God punishes those wicked people, righteous people will be very happy. They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked people!
• Psalms 97:8When Zion's people hear about it, they will be happy. Yes, the people of Judah will be very happy! They will be happy, Lord, because you bring justice.
• Psalms 107:42Good people see what God has done, and it makes them happy. Wicked people have nothing to say!
• Proverbs 11:10When righteous people do well, everyone in the city is happy. And people shout with joy when wicked people die.
• Revelation 18:20Yes, you who live in heaven, be happy! Be happy because God has punished Babylon! God's people and his apostles and his prophets, be happy! God has punished the city because of what she did to you.
• Revelation 19:1After these things, I heard a sound like the voices of a great crowd of people in heaven. They were shouting, ‘Praise the Lord our God! He has saved us! He is very powerful! We say that he is great!
• Job 9:23When disease comes, people may die suddenly. God laughs at good people who suffer like that.
• Psalms 52:6Righteous people will see what has happened, and they will be afraid. Then they will laugh at the wicked person, and they will say,

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