Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
Parallel translations
- WEB Who put him in charge of the earth? or who has appointed him over the whole world?
- BSB Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?
- NKJV Who gave Him charge over the earth? Or who appointed Him over the whole world?
- NASB “Who gave Him authority over the earth? And who has placed the whole world on Him?
- NLT Did someone else put the world in his care? Who set the whole world in place?
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Quick answer
Israel must tear down the Canaanites' altars, pillars, and Asherah poles. False worship is to be thoroughly removed, not tolerated.
Overview
God commands the destruction of the apparatus of pagan worship to prevent Israel from adopting it. This radical removal reflects how seriously God takes idolatry. While the church's warfare is now spiritual, the principle remains that believers must decisively put away everything that rivals God (1 John 5:21; Colossians 3:5).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- 1 Chr 29:11Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
- Isa 40:13–14Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
- Rom 11:34–36For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
- Job 40:8–11Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
- Job 38:4–41Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
- Job 36:23Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
- Dan 4:35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
- Prov 8:23–30I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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