Job 34:13 meaning and explanation

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

Job 34:13, Berean Standard Bible

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Elihu, a younger bystander who has listened to Job's long protest, is answering him before God himself speaks. Having just insisted that God cannot act unjustly, Elihu presses the point with two rhetorical questions: no one gave God charge over the earth, and no one appointed Him over the whole world.

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