Isaiah 55:8

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

Isaiah 55:8 in Other Translations

KJV
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
ESV
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
NLT
8 “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD . “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
MSG
8 "I don't think the way you think. The way you work isn't the way I work." God's Decree.
CSB
8 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways." [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration.

Isaiah 55:8 In-Context

6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

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Cross References 2

  • 1. Philippians 2:5; Philippians 4:8
  • 2. Isaiah 53:6; Micah 4:12
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