Job 22 · Verse 19

Job 22:19

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Job 22:19, King James Version

Job 22:19 in other translations

BSBThe righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
WEBThe righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
ASVThe righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,
YLTSee do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,
DARBYThe righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
BBEThe upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,
WebsterThe righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent deride them.

What does Job 22:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. 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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 The 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 22:15-20

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.

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Job 22:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִרְא֣וּyir.'Uthey see [it]H7200
צַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.Kimrighteous [people]H6662
וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּve.yis.Ma.chuso they may rejoiceH8055
וְ֝נָקִ֗יve.na.Kiand [the] innocentH5355
יִלְעַג\־yil.'ag-he mocksH3932
לָֽמוֹ\׃la.mo<to> them

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 22:19

  • Psalms 58:10

    The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

  • Psalms 107:42

    The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

  • Psalms 52:6

    The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

  • Psalms 97:8

    Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord.

  • Revelation 18:20

    Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

  • Psalms 48:11

    Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

  • Revelation 19:1-3

    And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

  • Proverbs 11:10

    When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

  • Job 9:23

    If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
righteous.
Ps 48:11; 58:10; 97:8; 107:42; Pr 11:10; Re 18:20; 19:1-3
innocent.
9:23; Ps 52:6

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Context

  • Job 22:18

    Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Job 22:19

    The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

  • Job 22:20

    Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

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Job 22:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Verán los justos y se gozarán; y el inocente los escarnecerá, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les justes le verront et se réjouiront, et l’innocent se moquera d’eux:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Gerechten sehen es und freuen sich, und der Schuldlose spottet ihrer:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Videbunt justi, et lætabuntur, et innocens subsannabit eos: