Isaiah 55:8–9
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55:8“Indeed,22 my plans23 are not like24 your plans,
and my deeds25 are not like26 your deeds,
55:9for just as the sky27 is higher than the earth,
so my deeds28 are superior to29 your deeds
and my plans30 superior to your plans.
Footnotes
- 22 Or “For” (, , , ).
- 23 Or “thoughts” (so many English versions).
- 24 Heb “are not.” “Like” is interpretive, but v. 9 indicates that a comparison is in view.
- 25 Heb “ways” (so many English versions).
- 26 Heb “are not.” “Like” is interpretive, but v. 9 indicates that a comparison is in view.
- 27 Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
- 28 Heb “ways” (so many English versions).
- 29 Heb “are higher than.”
- 30 Or “thoughts” (so many English versions).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
and your ways are not my ways.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
“For as heaven is higher than earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
and your ways are not my ways,”
declares Yahweh.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
Neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are my ways higher than your ways,
And my thoughts than your thoughts.
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