Here Is Your God!
Isaiah 40:13
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?Or mind of the LORD; see also LXX.Cited in Romans 11:34 and 1 Corinthians 2:16
- KJV
- Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?his…: Heb. man of his counsel
- WEB
- Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?
- ASV
- Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
- LSV
- Who has meted out the Spirit of YHWH, || And [being] His counselor, teaches Him?
- YLT
- Who hath meted out the Spirit of Jehovah, And, [being] His counsellor, doth teach Him!
- DBY
- Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, and, [as] his counsellor, hath taught him?
- DRC
- Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him?
- GNV
- Who hath instructed ye Spirit of the Lord? or was his counseler or taught him?
- JPS
- Who hath meted out the spirit of the LORD? Or who was His counsellor that he might instruct Him?
- LXXE
- Who has known the mind of the Lord? and who has been his counsellor, to instruct him?
Word by word Hebrew · tap a word
Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- מִֽי־תִכֵּ֥ן אֶת־ר֖וּחַ יְהוָ֑ה וְאִ֥ישׁ עֲצָת֖וֹ יוֹדִיעֶֽנּוּ׃
- LXX-Br
- Τίς ἔγνω νοῦν Κυρίου; καὶ τίς αὐτοῦ σύμβουλος ἐγένετο, ὃς συμβιβᾷ αὐτόν;
Who and where
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How traditions read it
Identified with the Holy Spirit in Christian tradition · Holy Spirit
The Hebrew speaks of the spirit (rûaḥ) of God or of the LORD. Christian tradition identifies it with the Holy Spirit, a person of the Trinity; Jewish tradition reads it as God's own power or presence, not a separate person.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
GodIsaiah, The Book ofCreationHoly Spirit, the Teacher, TheCounsels and Purposes of God, TheReadings, SelectMindIsrael, Religion ofJeremiah (2)Zephaniah, Book of
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- 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.
- Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
- Job 36:22–23Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him? Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
- Job 21:22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
- 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.”
- 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,
- John 1:13children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
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