Job 34:13
Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?
BSB
ASV
Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?
KJV
Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Who hath given him a charge over the earth? - That is, he is the great original Proprietor and Ruler of all. He has derived his authority to govern from no one; he is under subjection to no one, and he has, therefore, an absolute right to do his own pleasure. Reigning then with absolute and original authority, no one has a right to call in question the equity of what he does. The argument of Elihu here, that God would do right, is derived solely from his independence.
Shall not he that disposes of the whole world dispose of us and our concerns? (2.) It is as certain that he does not derive his power from any, nor is it a dispensation that is committed to him, but his power is original, and, like his being, of himself; and therefore, if he were not perfectly just, all the world and the affairs of it would soon be in the utmost confusion.
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1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, 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,…
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The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…
Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives…
In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
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Job 36:23Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
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“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?