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13 Nobody understands the mind of the Lord.
Nobody can be his advisor,
    to tell him what he should do.
14 He does not ask anyone to be his guide.
    Nobody can teach him the proper way to do things.
    Nobody can give him knowledge.
    Nobody can teach him how to understand things.
15 The Lord looks at the nations
    as if they are a little bit of water in a bucket.
They are like dust on his scales.
    He weighs the islands as he would weigh dust.

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13 Who can fathom the Spirit[a](A) of the Lord,
    or instruct the Lord as his counselor?(B)
14 Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him,
    and who taught him the right way?
Who was it that taught him knowledge,(C)
    or showed him the path of understanding?(D)

15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
    they are regarded as dust on the scales;(E)
    he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:13 Or mind