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Job 22:19–20

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19The righteous see this and rejoice;

the innocent mock them, saying,p

20“Surely our opponents are destroyed,

and fire has consumed what they left behind.”q

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Cross references

  1. pPs 52:6; 58:10; Pr 1:26–27
  2. qJb 1:16; 4:9; 15:30

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The righteous see it and are glad;

the innocent one mocks at them,

saying, ‘Surely our adversaries are cut off,

and what they left the fire has consumed.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;

the innocent mock them, saying,

‘Surely our foes are destroyed,

and fire devours their wealth.’

NLTNew Living Translation

“The righteous will be happy to see the wicked destroyed,

and the innocent will laugh in contempt.

They will say, ‘See how our enemies have been destroyed.

The last of them have been consumed in the fire.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The righteous see, and they rejoice,

but the innocent one mocks at them.

Surely our foe perishes,

and fire has consumed their remainder.

KJV 1900King James Version

The righteous see it, and are glad:

And the innocent laugh them to scorn.

Whereas our substance is not cut down,

But the remnant of them the fire consumeth.