8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.


In Context

5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation thou knowest not, and a nation that knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of Jehovah thy God, and the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

6 Seek ye Jehovah 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 Jehovah, 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 Jehovah.

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:

Isaiah 55:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

55:8For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

55:8"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts: nor your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:8|For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,| says Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

55:8For not My thoughts are your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, — an affirmation of Jehovah,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, said the LORD.