Ayub 34:13

34:13 Who entrusted ¹  to him the earth?

And who put him over ²  the whole world?

Ayub 38:29

38:29 From whose womb does the ice emerge,

and the frost from the sky, ³  who gives birth to it,

[34:13]  ¹ tn The verb פָּקַד (paqad) means “to visit; to appoint; to number.” Here it means “to entrust” for care and governing. The implication would be that there would be someone higher than God – which is what Elihu is repudiating by the rhetorical question. No one entrusted God with this.

[34:13]  ² tn The preposition is implied from the first half of the verse.

[38:29]  ³ tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.