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Job 34:13

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34:13Who entrusted22 to him the earth?

And who put him over23 the whole world?

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Footnotes

  1. 22 The verb פָּקַד (paqad) means “to visit; to appoint; to number.” Here it means “to entrust” for care and governing. The implication would be that there would be someone higher than God—which is what Elihu is repudiating by the rhetorical question. No one entrusted God with this.
  2. 23 The preposition is implied from the first half of the verse.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Who gave him charge over the earth,

and who laid on him the whole world?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Who appointed him over the earth?

Who put him in charge of the whole world?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Who gave him authority over the earth?

Who put him in charge of the entire world?

NLTNew Living Translation

Did someone else put the world in his care?

Who set the whole world in place?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Who gave him charge over the earth?

Or who laid on him the whole world?

KJV 1900King James Version

Who hath given him a charge over the earth?

Or who hath disposed the whole world?