Isaiah 55:9

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

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8For not My thoughts [are] your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, — an affirmation of Jehovah,

10For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,

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Cross References

Psalms 36:5O Jehovah, in the heavens [is] Thy kindness, Thy faithfulness [is] unto the clouds.

Psalms 89:2For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'

Psalms 103:11For, as the height of the heavens [is] above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

Romans 11:31so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 55:7-13

Evangelical Invitations. ( b. c. 706.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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