Isaiah 40:13

Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or taught him what to do as his counselor?

Free Bible Version

In The King James Version

Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

In Context

12Who has measured the waters he holds in the palm of his hand? Who has marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has worked out the amount of dust of the earth? Who has weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

14Who did the Lord go to for advice to help him understand? Who taught him right from wrong? Who gave him knowledge and showed him the way of wisdom?

Read all of Isaiah 40

Cross References

Job 36:22Look how much power God has! What teacher is like him?

Jeremiah 23:18But who of them has attended the Lord's council to hear and understand what he's saying? Who has paid attention to his instructions and followed them?

John 1:13These are the children born not in the usual way, not as the result of human desire or a father's decision, but born of God.

1 Corinthians 2:16For “who understands the Lord's mind, and would think to instruct him?” But we do have Christ's mind!

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:13-18

Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 708.) 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord , or being his counsellor hath taught him? 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? 15 Behold, the… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Isaiah 40:13