Isaiah 40:14
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?
Isaiah 40:14 in other translations
| BSB | Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding? |
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| WEB | Who 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? |
| ASV | With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? |
| YLT | With whom consulted He, That he causeth Him to understand? And teacheth Him in the path of judgment, And teacheth Him knowledge? And the way of understanding causeth Him to know? |
| DARBY | With whom took he counsel, and who gave him intelligence, and instructed him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding? |
| BBE | Who gave him suggestions, and made clear to him the right way? who gave him knowledge, guiding him in the way of wisdom? |
| Webster | 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? |
What does Isaiah 40:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 40:12-17
All created beings shrink to nothing in comparison with the Creator. When the Lord, by his Spirit, made the world, none directed his Spirit, or gave advice what to do, or how to do it. The nations, in comparison of him, are as a drop which remains in the bucket, compared with the vast ocean; or as the small dust in the balance, which does not turn it, compared with all the earth. This magnifies God's love to the…
Isaiah 40:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 40:14
- Job 21:22
Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
- Colossians 2:3
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
- 1 Corinthians 12:4-6
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
- James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Co 12:4-6; Col 2:3; Jas 1:17
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Isaiah 40:13
Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
- Isaiah 40:14
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?
- Isaiah 40:15
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.
Isaiah 40:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿A quién demandó consejo para ser avisado? ¿Quién le enseñó el camino del juicio, ó le enseñó ciencia, ó le mostró la senda de la prudencia? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Avec qui a-t-il tenu conseil, et qui lui a donné de l’intelligence, et l’a instruit dans le sentier du juste jugement, et lui a enseigné la connaissance, et lui a fait connaître le chemin de l’intelligence? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Mit wem beriet er sich, daß er ihm Verstand gegeben und ihn belehrt hätte über den Pfad des Rechts, und ihn Erkenntnis gelehrt und ihm den Weg der Einsicht kundgemacht hätte? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | cum quo iniit consilium, et instruxit eum, et docuit eum semitam justitiæ, et erudivit eum scientiam, et viam prudentiæ ostendit illi? |