Isaiah 40:13

Who comprehends ¹  the mind ²  of the Lord, or gives him instruction as his counselor? ³ 

Job 21:22; Job 36:22,23; Lu 10:22; Joh 1:13; Ro 11:34; 1Co 2:16; Eph 1:11

¹ tn Perhaps the verb is used metonymically here in the sense of “advises” (note the following line).

² 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.).

³ tn Heb “or [as] the man of his counsel causes him to know?”