12 Who has measured the waters(A) in the hollow of his hand,(B)
    or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?(C)
Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,
    or weighed the mountains on the scales
    and the hills in a balance?(D)
13 Who can fathom the Spirit[a](E) of the Lord,
    or instruct the Lord as his counselor?(F)
14 Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him,
    and who taught him the right way?
Who was it that taught him knowledge,(G)
    or showed him the path of understanding?(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:13 Or mind

12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
    and marked off the heavens with a span,
comprehended the dust of the earth in a third of a measure
    and weighed out the mountains in the scales,[a] and the hills in a balance?
13 Who has measured up the spirit of Yahweh
    or informed him as his counselor[b]?
14 With whom has he consulted, that[c] he enlightened him[d]
    and taught him the path of justice,
and taught him knowledge,
    and made the way of understanding known to him?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:12 Hebrew “scale”
  2. Isaiah 40:13 Literally “the man of his counsel”
  3. Isaiah 40:14 Or “and”
  4. Isaiah 40:14 Or “made him understand”