Isaiah 55:8
“¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your wayes my wayes, saith the Lord.”
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Isaiah 55:8 Context
6¶ Seeke ye the Lord, while he may be found, call ye vpon him while he is neere. 7Let the wicked forsake his way, & the vnrighteous man his thoughts: and let him returne vnto the Lord, and he will haue mercie vpon him, and to our God, for hee will abundantly pardon. 8¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your wayes my wayes, saith the Lord. 9For as the heauens are higher then the earth, so are my wayes higher then your wayes, and my thoughts then your thouhts. 10For as the raine commeth down, and the snow from heauen, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring foorth and bud, that it may giue seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
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Other Translations for Isaiah 55:8
For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
- King James Version
"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways, declares the LORD."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.
- Basic English Bible
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.
- Darby Bible
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
- Webster's Bible
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says Yahweh.
- World English Bible
For not My thoughts [are] your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, -- an affirmation of Jehovah,
- Youngs Literal Bible
For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the LORD.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Commentary for Isaiah 55:8
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Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 55:8
55:8 For - If any man injure you, especially if he do it greatly and frequently, you are slow and backward to forgive him. But I am ready to forgive all penitents, how many, and great, and numberless soever their sins be.