40:13 Who comprehends 1 the mind 2 of the Lord,
or gives him instruction as his counselor? 3
40:18 To whom can you compare God?
To what image can you liken him?
42:23 Who among you will pay attention to this?
Who will listen attentively in the future? 4
44:10 Who forms a god and casts an idol
that will prove worthless? 5
60:8 Who are these who float along 6 like a cloud,
who fly like doves to their shelters? 7
1 tn Perhaps the verb is used metonymically here in the sense of “advises” (note the following line).
2 tn In this context רוּחַ (ruakh) likely refers to the Lord’s “mind,” or mental faculties, rather than his personal Spirit (see BDB 925 s.v.).
3 tn Heb “or [as] the man of his counsel causes him to know?”
4 tn The interrogative particle is understood in the second line by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
7 tn The rhetorical question is sarcastic. The sense is, “Who is foolish enough…?”
10 tn Heb “fly” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NAB, NIV “fly along.”
11 tn Heb “to their windows,” i.e., to the openings in their coops. See HALOT 83 s.v. אֲרֻבָּה.