Job 34:13
New International Version
Who appointed him over the earth? Who put him in charge of the whole world?

New Living Translation
Did someone else put the world in his care? Who set the whole world in place?

English Standard Version
Who gave him charge over the earth, and who laid on him the whole world?

Berean Standard Bible
Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?

King James Bible
Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

New King James Version
Who gave Him charge over the earth? Or who appointed Him over the whole world?

New American Standard Bible
“Who gave Him authority over the earth? And who has placed the whole world on Him?

NASB 1995
“Who gave Him authority over the earth? And who has laid on Him the whole world?

NASB 1977
“Who gave Him authority over the earth? And who has laid on Him the whole world?

Legacy Standard Bible
Who appointed Him with authority over the earth? And who has laid on Him the whole world?

Amplified Bible
“Who put God in charge over the earth? And who has laid on Him the whole world?

Christian Standard Bible
Who gave him authority over the earth? Who put him in charge of the entire world?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Who gave Him authority over the earth? Who put Him in charge of the entire world?

American Standard Version
Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Who commanded the Earth and made all the world?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And who is he that made the whole world under heaven, and all things therein?

Contemporary English Version
From the very beginning, God has been in control of all the world.

Douay-Rheims Bible
What other hath he appointed over the earth? or whom hath he set over the world which he made?

English Revised Version
Who gave him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Who put him in charge of the earth? Who appointed him to be over the whole world?

Good News Translation
Did God get his power from someone else? Did someone put him in charge of the world?

International Standard Version
Who entrusted the earth to him? Who made him responsible for the entire inhabited world?

JPS Tanakh 1917
Who gave Him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?

Literal Standard Version
Who has inspected for Himself the earth? And who has placed all the habitable world?

Majority Standard Bible
Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?

New American Bible
Who gave him charge over the earth, or who set all the world in its place?

NET Bible
Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world?

New Revised Standard Version
Who gave him charge over the earth and who laid on him the whole world?

New Heart English Bible
Who put him in charge of the earth? or who has appointed him over the whole world?

Webster's Bible Translation
Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

World English Bible
Who put him in charge of the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world?

Young's Literal Translation
Who hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world?

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Context
Elihu Confirms God's Justice
12Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice. 13Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world? 14If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,…

Cross References
Job 38:4
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

Job 38:5
Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?


Treasury of Scripture

Who has given him a charge over the earth? or who has disposed the whole world?

Who hath given

Job 36:23
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Job 40:8-11
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? …

the whole world.

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Job 34
1. Elihu accuses Job for charging God with injustice
10. God omnipotent cannot be unjust
31. Man must humble himself unto God
34. Elihu reproves Job














(13) Who hath disposed the whole world?--Or, Who hath set the whole world upon Him? i.e., entrusted it to His care; in the other sense it means, "Who but He hath made the whole world, and who, therefore, can have the interest in it which He must have?"

Verse 13. - Who hath given him a charge over the earth? The argument seems to be that if God had "received a charge," and were in possession of a mere delegated authority, like the subordinate gods of heathen nations, he might have an interest apart from that of those whom he governs, and so be tempted to be unjust; but as he is the Author of all and the sole Ruler of all, his interest must be bound up with the true interests of his creatures, and cannot clash with them. He can thus never be unjust, since he can have no temptation to be unjust. Or who hath disposed the whole world? rather, Who hath laid upon him the whole world? (see the margin of the Revised Version). Elihu repeats the idea of the previous clause in other words.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Who
מִֽי־ (mî-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

gave Him charge
פָקַ֣ד (p̄ā·qaḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

over the earth?
אָ֑רְצָה (’ā·rə·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

Who
וּמִ֥י (ū·mî)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

appointed [Him]
שָׂ֝֗ם (m)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

[over] the whole
כֻּלָּֽהּ׃ (kul·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

world?
תֵּבֵ֥ל (tê·ḇêl)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8398: The earth, the globe, its inhabitants, a particular land


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