Isaiah 55:9
55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
KJV
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
What does Isaiah 55:9 mean?
Isaiah 55:9 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim), גָּבַהּ (gâbahh), אֶרֶץ (ʼerets). It connects to 10 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Cross-references
Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Job 24:7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
Ecclesiastes 3:4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Isaiah 10:26And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? cast: or, afflicted
Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. instruments: or, table
Romans 12:15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
James 2:15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
James 2:16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
James 5:15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Verses like this
Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 55:9.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Genesis 1:20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven
Genesis 1:26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth
Genesis 1:30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. life: Heb. a living soul
Genesis 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Frequently asked questions
What does Isaiah 55:9 say?
Isaiah 55:9 (King James Version) reads: "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
Is Isaiah 55:9 in the Old or New Testament?
Isaiah 55:9 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.
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