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Isaiah 55:8

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6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

7 Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

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

10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,

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BSB
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
KJV
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
WEB
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says the LORD.
ASV
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.
DARBY
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.
BLB
“For My thoughts [are] not your⁺ thoughts, and your⁺ ways [are] not My ways,” a declaration of YHWH.
ÅB
For mine tanker er ikke deres tanker, og deres veier er ikke mine veier, sier Herren;
OTB
«For mine tanker er ikke de samme som deres tanker, og deres veier er ikke som mine veier,» erklærer Herren.
B1930
For mine tanker er ikke eders tanker, og eders veier er ikke mine veier, sier Herren;

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Cross references

  • Psalms 92:5

    How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!

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  • Psalms 40:5

    Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.

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  • Hosea 14:9

    Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

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  • Psalms 25:10

    All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

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  • Ezekiel 18:29

    Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

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  • Daniel 4:37

    Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

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  • Isaiah 53:6

    We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

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  • Proverbs 21:8

    The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

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