Romans 11:34

For who hath known the mind of the Lord,.... The intentions of his mind, the thoughts of his heart, and the counsels of his will: these could never have been known, if he had not revealed them; nor…

For who hath known? ... - This verse is a quotation, with a slight change, from Isa 40:13, “Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?” It is designed to…

For who hath known the mind of the Lord? - Who can pretend to penetrate the counsels of God, or fathom the reasons of his conduct? His designs and his counsels are like himself, infinite; and,…

The apostle having insisted so largely, through the greatest part of this chapter, upon reconciling the rejection of the Jews with the divine goodness, he concludes here with the acknowledgment and…

For who hath known counseller Nearly verbatim from Isa 40:13. See too Jer 23:18. The Gr. verbs are aorists; and the time-reference is perhaps to creation, or to the eternal decrees "before the world…