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


In Context

6 Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,

7 Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.

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

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.

10 For, 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,

11 So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that 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 Webster 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 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 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.