Isaiah 55:9

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““For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.”

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BSBPD

““For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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 · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 55:9 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 36:5Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
  2. Psalms 77:19Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
  3. Psalms 89:2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
  4. Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
  5. Psalms 103:11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
  6. Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
  7. Romans 11:31so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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