Text -- Job 22:19 (NET)

22:19 The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 22:19

¹ tn The line is talking about the rejoicing of the righteous when judgment falls on the wicked. An object (“destruction”) has to be supplied here to clarify this (see Pss 52:6 [8]; 69:32 [33]; 107:42).

² sn In Ps 2:4 it was God who mocked the wicked by judging them.