John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 22:19
The righteous see it, and are glad ,.... Not the counsel of the wicked, nor their outward prosperity, but their ruin and destruction, which is sure and certain; though it may sometimes seem to linger, it is often public and visible to the view of every man, being made public examples, see Psalm 91:8 ; and which is matter of joy and gladness to truly good and righteous men; who have the righteousness of Christ on them, his grace in them, and in consequence of that live soberly, righteously,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 22:15-20
Eliphaz, having endeavoured to convict Job, by setting his sins (as he thought) in order before him, here endeavours to awaken him to a sight and sense of his misery and danger by reason of sin; and this he does by comparing his case with that of the sinners of the old world; as if he had said, ?Thy condition is bad now, but, unless thou repent, it will be worse, as theirs was?theirs who were overflown with a flood, as the old world (Job 22:16), and theirs the remnant of whom the fire... read more