Ayub 12:13

12:13 “With God ¹  are wisdom and power;

counsel and understanding are his. ² 

Ayub 34:13

34:13 Who entrusted ³  to him the earth?

And who put him over ⁴  the whole world?

Yesaya 55:9

55:9 for just as the sky ⁵  is higher than the earth,

so my deeds ⁶  are superior to ⁷  your deeds

and my plans ⁸  superior to your plans.

[12:13]  ¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:13]  ² sn A. B. Davidson (Job, 91) says, “These attributes of God’s [sic] confound and bring to nought everything bearing the same name among men.”

[34:13]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn The preposition is implied from the first half of the verse.

[55:9]  ⁵ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[55:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “ways” (so many English versions).

[55:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “are higher than.”

[55:9]  ⁸ tn Or “thoughts” (so many English versions).