New International Version
Job 22:19
19The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,
Job 22:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
- 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:
- New Living Translation (NLT)“The righteous will be happy to see the wicked destroyed, and the innocent will laugh in contempt.
Context of Job 22:19
17They said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?’ 18Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked. The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying, 20‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire devours their wealth.’ 21“Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.
Read all of Job 22Job 22:19 word by word
יִרְא֣וּ צַדִּיקִ֣ים וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּ וְ֝נָקִ֗י יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 22:19
- Psalms 48:11Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.
- Psalms 58:10The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Psalms 97:8Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, Lord.
- Psalms 107:42The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.
- Proverbs 11:10When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
- Revelation 18:20“Rejoice over her, you heavens! Rejoice, you people of God! Rejoice, apostles and prophets! For God has judged her with the judgment she imposed on you.”
- Revelation 19:1After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
- Job 9:23When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.
- Psalms 52:6The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at you, 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
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
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