Isaiah 40:13

Who has directed the LORD’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?

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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 in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

14Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?

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Cross References

Job 36:22Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

Jeremiah 23:18For who has stood in the council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has listened to my word, and heard it?

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

1 Corinthians 2:16“For who has known the mind of the Lord that he should instruct him?” But we 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 →

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