Isaiah 55:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 103:11 : 11 For, as the height of the heavens `is' above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.
  • Rom 11:31-36 : 31 so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness; 32 for God did shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness. 33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways! 34 for who did know the mind of the Lord? or who did become His counsellor? 35 or who did first give to Him, and it shall be given back to him again? 36 because of Him, and through Him, and to Him `are' the all things; to Him `is' the glory -- to the ages. Amen.
  • Ps 77:19 : 19 In the sea `is' Thy way, And Thy paths `are' in many waters, And Thy tracks have not been known.
  • Ps 89:2 : 2 For I said, `To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus answering said, `I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.
  • Ps 36:5 : 5 O Jehovah, in the heavens `is' Thy kindness, Thy faithfulness `is' unto the clouds.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 55:7-8
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    7Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.

    8For not My thoughts `are' your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, -- an affirmation of Jehovah,

  • Isa 55:10-12
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    10For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,

    11So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that `for' which I sent it.

    12For with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you `with' singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand.

  • 5Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

  • 11For, as the height of the heavens `is' above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

  • 5How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.

  • 11For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you -- an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

  • Job 11:8-9
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    8Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou?

    9Longer than earth `is' its measure, And broader than the sea.

  • 12Is not God high `in' heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.

  • Ps 113:4-5
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    4High above all nations `is' Jehovah, Above the heavens `is' his honour.

    5Who `is' as Jehovah our God, He is exalting `Himself' to sit?

  • 6Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.

  • Isa 54:9-10
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    9For, the waters of Noah `is' this to Me, In that I have sworn -- the waters of Noah Do not pass again over the earth -- So I have sworn, Wrath is not upon thee, Nor rebuke against thee.

    10For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness from thee departeth not, And the covenant of My peace removeth not, Said hath thy loving one -- Jehovah.

  • 1Thus said Jehovah: The heavens `are' My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where `is' this -- the house that ye build for Me? And where `is' this -- the place -- My rest?

  • 13For, lo, the former of mountains, and creator of wind, And the declarer to man what `is' His thought, He is making dawn obscurity, And is treading on high places of earth, Jehovah, God of Hosts, `is' His name!

  • 6Who is building in the heavens His upper chambers; As to His troop, Upon earth He hath founded it, Who is calling for the waters of the sea, And poureth them out on the face of the land, Jehovah `is' His name.

  • 37Thus said Jehovah: If the heavens above be measured, And the foundations of earth below searched, Even I kick against all the seed of Israel, For all that they have done, An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • 11And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.

  • 1A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.

  • 17And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!

  • 27Why sayest thou, O Jacob? and speakest thou, O Israel? `My way hath been hid from Jehovah, And from my God my judgment passeth over.'

  • 19In the sea `is' Thy way, And Thy paths `are' in many waters, And Thy tracks have not been known.

  • 11He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they `are' vanity.

  • 6Lift ye up to the heavens your eyes, And look attentively unto the earth beneath, For the heavens as smoke have vanished, And the earth as a garment weareth out, And its inhabitants as gnats do die, And My salvation is to the age, And My righteousness is not broken.

  • 3The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings -- `are' unsearchable.

  • 7Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart to your ways.

  • 29And the house of Israel have said, Not pondered is the way of the Lord, My ways -- are they not pondered? O house of Israel -- are not your ways unpondered?

  • 14I go up above the heights of a thick cloud, I am like to the Most High.

  • 24Is any one hidden in secret places, And I see him not? an affirmation of Jehovah, Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • 5Pain do his ways at all times, On high `are' Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them.

  • 11The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.

  • 11Thine `are' the heavens -- the earth also `is' Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.

  • 17For, lo, I am creating new heavens, and a new earth, And the former things are not remembered, Nor do they ascend on the heart.

  • 5And now, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Set your heart to your ways.

  • 25And ye have said, Not pondered is the way of the Lord. Hear, I pray you, O house of Israel, My way -- is it not pondered? Are not your ways unpondered?

  • 6For high `is' Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.

  • 49The heaven `is' My throne, and the earth My footstool; what house will ye build to Me? saith the Lord, or what `is' the place of My rest?

  • 3Ye multiply not -- ye speak haughtily -- The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge `is' Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.

  • 22He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants `are' as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in.

  • 33O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

  • 10For great unto the heavens `is' Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.

  • 21And I -- this `is' My covenant with them, said Jehovah, My Spirit that `is' on thee, And My words that I have put in thy mouth, Depart not from thy mouth, And from the mouth of thy seed, And from the mouth of thy seed's seed, said Jehovah, From henceforth unto the age!

  • 19Great in counsel, and mighty in act, in that Thine eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of Adam, to give to each according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

  • 25And unto whom do ye liken Me, And `am' I equal? saith the Holy One.

  • 3For lo, Jehovah is going out from His place, And He hath come down, And hath trodden on high places of earth.

  • 15The maker of earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who by His understanding stretched out the heavens,