Job 34:13

Modern

Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?

Traditional

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

Literal

Who gave charge to Him over the earth? And who has set Him over all of the world?

Latin

Quem constituit alium super terram? aut quem posuit super orbem quem fabricatus est?

Hebrew

English

Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?

The passage connects three ideas to the belief that God can do no wrong (34:10, 12):

God rewards or punishes people based on their actions (34:11);
As the creator, God does not have to answer to anyone (34:13).
Every living being relies on God for life. God can take life away without being wrong (34:14–15; compare Romans 9:19–29).

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.
Isaiah 40:13–14
Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
Romans 11:34–36
“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
Proverbs 8:23–30
From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
Job 38:4–41
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Job 36:23
Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
Daniel 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?’”
Job 40:8–11
Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?