Isaiah 40:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִֽי־תִכֵּ֥ן אֶת־ר֖וּחַ יְהוָ֑ה וְאִ֥ישׁ עֲצָת֖וֹ יוֹדִיעֶֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

mî-tikkēn ʾet-rûaḥ YHWH wěʾîš ʿăṣātô yôdîʿennû

Grammar Details

*mî*: interrogative pronoun - 'who'
*tikkēn*: piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'has measured/directed'
*ʾet-rûaḥ*: direct object marker + noun, feminine singular construct - 'the Spirit of'
*YHWH*: divine name - 'LORD'
*wěʾîš*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - 'and man of'
*ʿăṣātô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his counsel'
*yôdîʿennû*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'makes him know'

Word Meanings

*tikkēn*: measured/directed/comprehended/fathomed
*rûaḥ*: Spirit/mind/breath
*ʾîš ʿăṣātô*: man of his counsel/his counselor
*yôdîʿennû*: makes him know/instructs him/teaches him

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 2:16 : 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Rom 11:34 : 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
Job 21:22 : 22 Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?
Job 36:22-23 : 22 Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him? 23 Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
Luke 10:22 : 22 All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, save {G3361} the Father; and who the Father is, save {G3361} the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal [him].
John 1:13 : 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Eph 1:11 : 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

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