Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
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Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
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With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
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With whom took He counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of right, and taught Him knowledge, and made Him to know the way of discernment?
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Isaiah 40:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 21:22 “Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?
- Colossians 2:3 in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
- 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord. There are various kinds of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all.
- James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 40:14 With whom took he counsel, and [who]…
Isa 40:14 With whom took he counsel, and [who] instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
Ver. 14. With whom took he counsel?] See Isa 40:13.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Taught him in the path of judgment; how to…
Taught him in the path of judgment; how to walk and manage all his affairs with good judgment and discretion.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him,....…
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him,.... This is the same as before, only repeated in other words, the more strongly to deny that any mere creature counselled, taught, and instructed the Spirit of Christ, in the ordering and managing the works of creation:
and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? or gave him that judgment, knowledge, and understanding in framing the world, and all things in it, in that beautiful and regular manner that it is; which shows it to be a work of wisdom, more than human or angelical, and to be purely divine; no one, angel or man, could have struck out such a path of judgment, such a way of understanding, or showed such exquisite skill and knowledge, as appear in the works of creation; see Psa 104:24.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain With whom took he counsel - The sentiment of…
With whom took he counsel - The sentiment of the former verse is repeated here, in order, probably, to make it more emphatic.
In the path of judgment - The way of judging correctly and wisely; or the way of administering justice. It denotes here his boundless wisdom as it is seen in the various arrangements of his creation and providence, by which all things keep their places, and accomplish his vast designs.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain path of judgment--His wisdom, whereby He so beautifully adjusts…
path of judgment--His wisdom, whereby He so beautifully adjusts the places and proportions of all created things.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. and who instructed] Or, so that he instructed.
14. and who instructed] Or, so that he instructed.
path of judgment] path of right (mishpâṭ). See ch. Isa_28:26, where the word means orderly procedure; here the reference is to the order of nature, or else the transition is already made from creation to providence (Isa_40:15).
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way of understanding] Or, way of insight. The intermediate clause and taught him knowledge is omitted by the LXX., and since it disturbs the parallelism, and repeats the verb just used, it may be a gloss.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) Counsel . . . judgment.—The cluster of words…
(14) Counsel . . . judgment.—The cluster of words belonging to the sapiential vocabulary of the Book of Proverbs is to be noted as parallel with Pro_11:23, Isa_33:15.
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