Isaiah 40:14

With whom did He take counsel, 1 and who gave Him binah, 1 and taught Him in the orakh mishpat, 1 and taught Him da'as, 1 and showed Him the derech tevunot (way of understanding, intelligence)? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

In Context

13Who hath directed the Ruach of Hashem, 1 or being His ish etzah (counselor) hath taught Him? 1

15Surely the Goyim are like a drop in a bucket, 1 and are accounted as dust of the scales; 1 surely He taketh up the iyim (islands) like fine dust. 1

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Cross References

Job 21:22Shall any teach El da'as, 1 seeing He judgeth those that are on high? 1

1 Corinthians 12:4There are different kinds of matanot (gifts), but the same Ruach Hakodesh.

James 1:17Every good endowment and every matanah shleimah (complete gift) is from above, coming down from Avi HaOhrot (the Father of Lights) with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. + 1:17 Ps 85:12; Gn 1:16; Ps 136:7; Dan 2:22; Num 23:19; Ps 102:27; Mal 3:6

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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