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12 Who has measured the waters of the sea[a] in the hollow of his hand
    and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure
    and weighed the mountains in scales
    and the hills in a balance?(A)
13 Who has directed the spirit of the Lord
    or as his counselor has instructed him?(B)
14 Whom did he consult for his enlightenment,
    and who taught him the path of justice?
[[Who taught him knowledge
    and showed him the way of understanding?

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  1. 40.12 Q ms: MT lacks of the sea

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”