Isaiah 40:13

Who has comprehended the mind of Yahweh, or instructed him as his counselor? 1

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

In Context

12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, measured the sky with the span of his hand, 1 held the dust of the earth in a basket, weighed the mountains in scales, 1 or the hills in a balance? 1

14From whom did he ever receive instruction? Who taught him the correct way to do things, 1 and taught him knowledge, or showed to him the way of understanding? 1

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Cross References

Job 36:22See, God is exalted in his power; 1 who is a teacher like him? 1

Jeremiah 23:18Yet who has stood in Yahweh's council meeting? Who sees and hears his word? 1 Who pays attention to his word and listens? 1

John 1:13These were not born of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

1 Corinthians 2:16“For who can know the mind of the Lord, that he can instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

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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