Isaiah 40:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? ”

Isaiah 40:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who hath directed - This passage is quoted by Paul in Romans 11:34 , and referred to by him in 1 Corinthians 2:16 . The word rendered ‘directed’ here ( תכן tikēn ) is the same which is used...
Isaiah 40:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or [being] (s) his counsellor hath taught him? (s) He shows God's infinite wisdom for the same.
Isaiah 40:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

An Expansion of the Text Suggested in Isaiah 40:6-8 . Isaiah 40:12-17 . The Majesty of God, in Whose Eyes the World is Insignificant. God is the Creator, disposing of earth and heaven as very sm...
Isaiah 40:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

( Isaiah 40:12-14 ) Who.... Who... With whom... ? Isaiah 40:12-14 are introductory: while the Figure of speech Erotesis emphasizes the importance of Him Who speaks. His counseller . the man (...
Isaiah 40:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. Who instructed the Spirit of Jehovah? What the Prophet had formerly taught concerning the Lord’s goodness and power he now adds concerning his wisdom. And we ought to observe the connect...
Isaiah 40:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counseller hath taught him?
Isaiah 40:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Who hath measured the waters, &c.— The prophet here, in the most sublime manner, celebrates the divine majesty and greatness, but particularly his wisdom. Rapt into an extacy, after he had desc...
Isaiah 40:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or (being) his counselor, hath taught him? The Hebrew here for "di...
Isaiah 40:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Restoration from Exile in Babylon On the authorship and date of these Chapter s see Intro. According to their subject matter, they fall naturally into three divisions of almost equal leng...
Isaiah 40:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord? — The term, which had been used in a lower sense in Isaiah 40:7 , is here clothed as with a Divine personality, answering, as it were, to the wisdom of P...
Isaiah 40:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1-31 ; Isaiah 41:1-29 ; Isaiah 42:1-25 ; Isaiah 43:1-28 ; Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13 ; Isaiah 47:1-15 ; Isaiah 48:1-22 ; Isaiah 49:1...
Isaiah 40:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Creator and Ruler of All the Earth Isaiah 40:9-17 Zion is bidden to climb the highest mountain within reach, and announce the advent of the Savior-God. When all eyes are turned to behold Him, e...
Isaiah 40:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now commence the prophecies of peace, which also fall into three divisions, dealing in turn with the purpose of peace (40-48), the Prince of Peace (49-57), the program of peace (58-66). The fist...
Isaiah 40:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Some have thought that the person of God the Father is here spoken of, because the Church is taught to look up to Him with peculiar reverence of character, as the Creator. But, as the church is never...
Isaiah 40:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord ,.... In the creation of all things, in garnishing the heavens, and moving upon the face of the waters? not anyone, angel or man; there were none with him, n...
Isaiah 40:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or [being] his counsellor hath taught him? Ver. 13. Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord? ] Who was then of his council when he made the universe? Non...
Isaiah 40:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Who hath measured the waters , &c. Who can do this but God? And this discourse on God's infinite power and wisdom is added, to give them the greater assurance, that he was able, as he had declar...
Isaiah 40:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Evangelical Predictions. B. C. 708. 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of h...
Isaiah 40:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Who did God either need or take to advise him in any of his works, either of creation or the government of the world? were they not all the effects of his own sole wisdom? Therefore though all the na...
Isaiah 40:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Greatness Of God Proclaimed ( Isaiah 40:12-31 ). And He will be able to do it because of His greatness. In this vital passage the greatness of God to do What He declares He will do is now reve...
Isaiah 40:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:1-2 . Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath...
Isaiah 40:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:1 . Comfort ye, comfort ye my people. What a sweet voice is this to the church, after all her long afflictions. The words are doubled, to designate the fulness of comfort in the pardon o...
Isaiah 40:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand? The grandeur of God The prophet’s notions of God are diffused through all the verses of the text. The prophet’s design in describing the...
Isaiah 40:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART III . ISAIAH 'S LATER PROPHECIES ( CH . 40-66.). SECTION I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD COMFORTED IN TRIBULATION ( Isaiah 40:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Prefatory Remarks THE A...
Isaiah 40:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jehovah the Supreme Ruler. The connection of thought between this section and the foregoing one is this, that the majesty and glory of God over against the idolatry of the heathen nations guarantee...
Isaiah 40:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 2:16 ; Ephesians 1:11 ; Job 21:22 ; Job 36:22 ; Job 36:23 ; John 1:13 ; Luke 10:22 ; Romans 11:34
Isaiah 40:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Who — Who did God either need or take to advise him in any of his works, either of creation or the government of the world.

Isaiah 40:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 40:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 40:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 40:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 40:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 40:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 40:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 40:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 40:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 40:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 40:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 40:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes