“Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?”
— WEB
Isaiah 40:13
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?”
— KJV
“Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?”
— ASV
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Commentary
Quoted in Rom 11:34; Co1 2:16. The Hebrew here for "directed" is the same as in Isa 40:12 for "meted out"; thus the sense is, "Jehovah measures out heaven with His span"; but who can measure Him? that is, Who can search out His Spirit (mind) wherewith He searches out and accurately adjusts all things? MAURER rightly takes the Hebrew in the same sense as in Isa 40:12 (so Pro 16:2; Pro 21:2), "weigh," "ponder." "Direct," as in English Version, answers, however, better to "taught" in the parallel clause.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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