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 "directed" ( tikeen (H8505)) is the same as in Isaiah 40:12 for "meted out;" thus the sense is, 'Yahweh measures out heaven with His span,' but who can measure Him? - i:e., Who can search out His Spirit (mind) wherewith He searches out and accurately adjusts all things? The Hebrew is in the same sense as in Isaiah 40:12 (so Proverbs 16:2, "the Lord weigheth ( tokeen (H8505)) the spirits;" Proverbs 21:2), 'weigh,' 'ponder.' So Paul quotes the verse, "Who hath known the mind of the Lord?" So the Septuagint and Arabic. But the Syriac and Chaldaic as the English version, "directed." Knowing, or being able to measure the Spirit of the Lord is the necessary preliminary to directing or teaching Him as His counselor.