Isaiah 40:14 KJV
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?
Words Then and Now
- shewed to show Still heard today: show, the same word; shewn is still a British legal spelling Webster’s 1828 · Show
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- Isaiah 40:12–17All created beings shrink to nothing in comparison with the Creator. When the Lord, by his Spirit, made the world, none directed his Spirit, or gave advice...
Parallel Passages
- 1 Corinthians 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Job 21:22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
- Colossians 2:3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
- 1 Corinthians 12:4–6 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. …
- James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
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Topics
- God Incomprehensible
- Idolatry Folly of
- Readings, select The omnipotence and incomparableness of God
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- With whom took he counsel אֶת ʾet Preposition מִי mî Interrogative נוֹעָץ nôʿāṣ יָעַץ Verb · niphal perfect, third person masculine singular
- and who instructed וַיְבִינֵהוּ waybînēhû בִּין Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular
- him, and taught וַיְלַמְּדֵהוּ waylammĕdēhû לָמַד Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular
- him in the path בְּאֹרַח bĕʾōraḥ אֹרַח Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition
- of judgment מִשְׁפָּט mišpāṭ מִשְׁפָּט Noun · masculine singular
- and taught וַיְלַמְּדֵהוּ waylammĕdēhû לָמַד Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular
- him knowledge דַעַת daʿat דַּעַת Noun · feminine singular
- and shewed יוֹדִיעֶנּוּ yôdîʿennû יָדַע Verb · hiphil imperfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- to him the way וְדֶרֶךְ wĕderek דֶּרֶךְ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with and
- of understanding תְּבוּנוֹת tĕbûnôt תָּבוּן Noun · feminine plural
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