Job 34:13
11 For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
12 Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?
14 If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
15 all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?
- KJV
- Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
- WEB
- Who put him in charge of the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world?
- ASV
- Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?
- DARBY
- Who hath entrusted to him the earth? and who hath disposed the whole world?
- BLB
- Who gave charge to Him over the earth? And who has set [Him] [over] all of the world?
- ÅB
- Hvem har overgitt jorden til hans varetekt, og hvem har overlatt hele jorderike til ham?
- OTB
- Hvem ga Ham myndighet over jorden?
Hvem satte hele verden i Hans varetekt? - B1930
- Hvem har overgitt jorden til hans varetekt, og hvem har overlatt hele jorderike til ham?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 29:11
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:13–14
Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
Read in contextRomans 11:34–36
“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
Read in contextJob 36:23
Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
Read in contextJob 40:8–11
Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
Read in contextProverbs 8:23–30
From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
Read in contextDaniel 4:35
All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
Read in contextJob 38:4–41
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
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