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Isaiah 55:8

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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 unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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:

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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

    O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

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  • Psalms 40:5

    Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

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  • Hosea 14:9

    Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

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  • Psalms 25:10

    All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

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  • Ezekiel 18:29

    Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

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  • Daniel 4:37

    Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

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  • Isaiah 53:6

    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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  • Proverbs 21:8

    The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

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