Job 22:19 Meaning and Explanation
“The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.”
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Read Full Chapter →Eliphaz says the righteous rejoice and the innocent mock when the wicked are judged.
What Does Job 22:19 Mean?
Eliphaz describes how the godly respond when judgment falls on the wicked: the righteous see it and are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn. He pictures a vindication in which the upright watch the downfall of the proud.
The gladness Scripture commends is not cruel delight in another's ruin but joy that God's justice is real and that evil does not have the last word. The Lord takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, and neither should we. Yet the faithful can rejoice that righteousness will finally prevail. Our truest gladness is not in the fall of enemies but in the triumph of God's goodness and the hope that even sinners might turn and live.
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What does Job 22:19 mean?
Eliphaz says the righteous rejoice and the innocent mock when the wicked are judged.