King James Version
Isaiah 40:13 in the King James Version says “Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? his: Heb. man of his counsel” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? his: Heb. man of his counsel”
Isaiah 40:13 · KJV
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. that: or, that give suck
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? a measure: Heb. a tierce
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? his: Heb. man of his counsel
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? instructed: Heb. made him understand understanding: Heb. understandings?
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“Who hath directed”
H8505to balance, i.e., measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively to arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment, estimate, test)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the Spirit”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“or being his counsellor”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“hath taught”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
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