Isaiah 40:13

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“Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?”

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“Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Who hath meted out the Spirit of Jehovah, And, <FI>being<Fi> His counsellor, doth teach Him!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 40:13 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 21:22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
  2. Job 36:22Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
  3. Job 36:23Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
  4. Jeremiah 23:18But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?
  5. Luke 10:22All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
  6. John 1:13children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
  7. Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
  8. 1 Corinthians 2:16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
  9. Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

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