Isaiah 40:13

Who hath meted out the spirit of the LORD? Or who was His counsellor that he might instruct Him?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Who 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?

14With whom took He counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of right, and taught Him knowledge, and made Him to know the way of discernment?

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Cross References

Job 36:22Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher like Him?

Jeremiah 23:18For who hath stood in the council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear His word? Who hath attended to His word, and heard it?

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 →

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