Isaiah 55:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.”
Isaiah 55:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 55:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 55:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh.”
Isaiah 55:8 — World English Bible
Isaiah 55:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. ”
Isaiah 55:8 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 55:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For not My thoughts <FI>are<Fi> your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, --an affirmation of Jehovah,”
Isaiah 55:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 55:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. ”
Isaiah 55:8 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 55:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For my thoughtes are not your thoughts, neither are your wayes my wayes, sayth the Lord.”
Isaiah 55:8 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 55:8 in Context — Isaiah 55
6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
What Does Isaiah 55:8 Mean?
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