Isaiah 40:13

Who hath meted out the Spirit of the Lord? and [who was] his counsellor that he could have given him information?

Leeser Tanakh

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 in the hollow of his hand the waters, and meted out the heavens with the span, and comprised in a measure the dust of the earth, and weighed in the scale-beam the mountains, and the hills in balances?

14With whom took he counsel, that he gave him understanding, and taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and caused him to know the way of understanding?

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Cross References

Job 36:22Behold, God is exalted by his power: who is an instructer like him?

Jeremiah 23:18For who hath stood in the secret counsel of the Lord, that he could perceive and hear his word? who hath listened 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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