Isaiah 55:8-9

55:8 “Indeed, my plans are not like your plans,

and my deeds are not like your deeds,

55:9 for just as the sky is higher than the earth,

so my deeds are superior to your deeds

and my plans superior to your plans.


tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV).

tn Or “thoughts” (so many English versions).

tn Heb “are not.” “Like” is interpretive, but v. 9 indicates that a comparison is in view.

tn Heb “ways” (so many English versions).

tn Heb “are not.” “Like” is interpretive, but v. 9 indicates that a comparison is in view.

tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

tn Heb “ways” (so many English versions).

tn Heb “are higher than.”

tn Or “thoughts” (so many English versions).