Isaiah 55:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 55:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 55:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:9 — World English Bible
Isaiah 55:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. ”
Isaiah 55:9 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 55:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 55:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. ”
Isaiah 55:9 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 55:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For as ye heauens are higher then the earth, so are my wayes higher then your wayes, and my thoughtes aboue your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:9 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 55:9 in Context — Isaiah 55
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:
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
What Does Isaiah 55:9 Mean?
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