Isaiah 40:13-15

Good News Translation

¹³^(A)Can anyone tell the Lord what to do?
    Who can teach him or give him advice?
¹⁴With whom does God consult
    in order to know and understand
    and to learn how things should be done?

¹⁵^(B)To the Lord the nations are nothing,
no more than a drop of water;
the distant islands are as light as dust.

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Isaiah 40:13-15

New International Version

¹³Who can fathom the Spirit^[a]^(A) of the Lord,
    or instruct the Lord as his counselor?^(B)
¹⁴Whom 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)

¹⁵Surely 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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