Isaiah 40:13-15

The Voice

¹³Who has directed the Spirit of the Eternal One?
    Can anyone claim to be His advisor?^[a]
¹⁴To whom did God turn for advice or instruction?
    Whom did He consult about right and wrong?
Who directed Him down the path of justice or imparted to Him knowledge
    or taught Him the way of understanding?

¹⁵Face it; the nations are nothing but a drop in the bucket,
only a smidgen on the scales by the reckoning of God.
He can pick up entire islands as if they are grains of dirt.

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Footnotes

40:13 Romans 11:34; 1 Corinthians 2:16

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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