18 Yet he [a]filled their houses with good things: but let the counsel of the wicked be far from me.

19 The righteous shall see them, and shall rejoice, [b]and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.

20 Surely [c]our substance is hid: but the fire hath devoured the remnant of [d]them.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:18 He answereth to that which Job had said, Job 21:7, that the wicked have prosperity in this world: desiring that he might not be partaker of the like.
  2. Job 22:19 The just rejoice at the destruction of the wicked for two causes: first, because God showeth himself judge of the world and by this means continueth his honor and glory: secondly, because God showeth that he hath care over his in that he punished their enemies.
  3. Job 22:20 That is, the state and preservation of the godly, is hid under God’s wings.
  4. Job 22:20 Meaning, of the wicked.

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