Isaiah 55:9

In 11 translations

BSB

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

KJV

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

WEB

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

ASV

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

LSV

“For [as] high [as] the heavens have been above the earth, || So high have been My ways above your ways, || And My thoughts above your thoughts.

YLT

For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.

DBY

For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

DRC

For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.

GNV

For as ye heauens are higher then the earth, so are my wayes higher then your wayes, and my thoughtes aboue your thoughts.

JPS

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.

LXXE

But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּֽי־גָבְה֥וּ שָׁמַ֖יִם מֵאָ֑רֶץ כֵּ֣ן גָּבְה֤וּ דְרָכַי֙ מִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֔ם וּמַחְשְׁבֹתַ֖י מִמַּחְשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ἀλλʼ ὡς ἀπέχει ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, οὕτως ἀπέχει ἡ ὁδός μου ἀπὸ τῶν ὁδῶν ὑμῶν, καὶ τὰ διανοήματα ὑμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς διανοίας μου.

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• Psalms 103:11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
• Romans 11:31–36so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you. For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone. O, the depth of the…
• Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
• Psalms 77:19Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
• Psalms 36:5Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
• Psalms 89:2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

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