9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.


In Context

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 to 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 proceedeth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

55:9For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

55:9"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

55:9For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

55:9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

55:9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:9|For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

55:9For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

55:9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.