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13 Who comprehends[a] the mind[b] of the Lord,
or gives him instruction as his counselor?[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:13 tn Perhaps the verb is used metonymically here in the sense of “advises” (note the following line).
  2. Isaiah 40:13 tn In this context רוּחַ (ruakh) likely refers to the Lord’s “mind,” or mental faculties, rather than his personal Spirit (see BDB 925 s.v. 6).
  3. Isaiah 40:13 tn Heb “or [as] the man of his counsel causes him to know?”