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1 Corinthians 2:16

“For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct him? But we have the mind of the Messiah.”

1 Corinthians 2:16 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Isaiah 40:13

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Paul uses Isaiah 40:13 without a formula, as in Romans 11:34.

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Greek of the New Testament: τίς γὰρ ἔγνω νοῦν κυρίου ὃς συμβιβάσει αὐτόν ἡμεῖς δὲ νοῦν Χριστοῦ ἔχομεν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): מִי תִכֵּן אֶת רוּחַ יְהוָה וְאִישׁ עֲצָתוֹ יוֹדִיעֶנּוּ

Septuagint (Isaiah 40:13 in the Septuagint numbering): τίς ἔγνω νοῦν Κυρίου, καὶ τίς σύμβουλος αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, ὃς συμβιβάσει αὐτόν;

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

1 Corinthians 2:16, word by word

has knownἔγνωegnō

know

To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.

Where else “egnō” appears
the mindνοῦνnoun

way of thinking

A way of thinking: "the mind of the Lord".

Where else “noun” appears
of the Lordκυρίουkyriou

Lord

The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.

Where else “kyriou” appears
he will instructσυμβιβάσειsymbibasei

instruct

To explain to someone what he must know or do.

Where else “symbibasei” appears
haveἔχομενechomen

have

To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.

Where else “echomen” appears
of the MessiahΧριστοῦChristou

Messiah

Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.

Where else “Christou” appears

Translation note

Isaiah 40:13, according to the Greek (as in Romans 11:34).

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Quotation · Isaiah 40:13

Paul uses Isaiah 40:13 without a formula, as in Romans 11:34.

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1 Corinthians 2:16

16For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct him? But we have the mind of the Messiah.

Isaiah 40:13

13Who has gauged the spirit of YHWH, or as the man of his counsel has made it known to him?

The context

15But the spiritual person examines all things, but he himself is examined by no one.

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