Isaiah 40:13
11 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
14 Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?
15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
- KJV
- Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
- WEB
- Who has directed the LORD’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?
- ASV
- Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
- DARBY
- Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, and, [as] his counsellor, hath taught him?
- BLB
- Who has directed the Spirit of YHWH, or informed Him as the man of His counsel?
- ÅB
- Hvem har målt Herrens Ånd, og hvem lærer ham som hans rådgiver?
- OTB
- Hvem kan forstå Herrens Ånd, eller tjene som Herrens rådgiver?
- B1930
- Hvem har målt Herrens Ånd, og hvem lærer ham som hans rådgiver?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 2:16
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
Read in contextRomans 11:34
“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
Read in contextJob 36:22–23
Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
Read in contextJob 21:22
Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
Read in contextLuke 10:22
All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
Read in contextEphesians 1:11
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
Read in contextJohn 1:13
children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
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