Job 34:13
The authority that he has to rule everything on the earth, no one [RHQ] gave it to him; no one [RHQ] put him in control of the whole world. He has always had that authority.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
In Context
12Truly, Almighty God never does what is wicked; he always [LIT] does what is fair/just.
14If he would take his spirit back to himself,
Cross References
Job 36:23No one has [RHQ] told him what he should do, and no one has [RHQ] said to him, ‘You have done what is wrong!’
Job 40:8“Are you going to accuse me and say that I am unjust? Are you going to say that what I have done is wrong, in order that you can say that what you have done is right?
Proverbs 8:23He appointed me long ago, before he created the earth.
Daniel 4:35All the people in the world are very insignificant; we are not like him. He has the power to do whatever he wants to do, among the angels in heaven and among us people who live on the earth. So no one can stop him [SYN], and no one can challenge him, saying to him, ‘Why are you doing these things?’
Matthew Henry on Job 34:11-16
10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. 13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;… Read the whole commentary →