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

17For they said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?’ 18Yet he was the one who filled their homes with good things, so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking. “The righteous will be happy to see the wicked destroyed, and the innocent will laugh in contempt. 20They will say, ‘See how our enemies have been destroyed. The last of them have been consumed in the fire.’ 21“Submit to God, and you will have peace; then things will go well for you.

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 48:11Let the people on Mount Zion rejoice. Let all the towns of Judah be glad because of your justice.
• Psalms 58:10The godly will rejoice when they see injustice avenged. They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
• Psalms 97:8Jerusalem has heard and rejoiced, and all the towns of Judah are glad because of your justice, O Lord!
• Psalms 107:42The godly will see these things and be glad, while the wicked are struck silent.
• Proverbs 11:10The whole city celebrates when the godly succeed; they shout for joy when the wicked die.
• Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her fate, O heaven and people of God and apostles and prophets! For at last God has judged her for your sakes.
• Revelation 19:1After this, I heard what sounded like a vast crowd in heaven shouting, “Praise the Lord! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.
• Job 9:23When a plague sweeps through, he laughs at the death of the innocent.
• Psalms 52:6The righteous will see it and be amazed. They will laugh and 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