55:8 “Indeed, 1 my plans 2 are not like 3 your plans,
and my deeds 4 are not like 5 your deeds,
55:9 for just as the sky 6 is higher than the earth,
so my deeds 7 are superior to 8 your deeds
and my plans 9 superior to your plans.
139:6 Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension;
it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. 10
147:5 Our Lord is great and has awesome power; 11
there is no limit to his wisdom. 12
11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!
11:34 For who has known the mind of the Lord,
or who has been his counselor? 13
11:1 So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
2:16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon, or Sabbath days –
1 tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV).
2 tn Or “thoughts” (so many English versions).
3 tn Heb “are not.” “Like” is interpretive, but v. 9 indicates that a comparison is in view.
4 tn Heb “ways” (so many English versions).
5 tn Heb “are not.” “Like” is interpretive, but v. 9 indicates that a comparison is in view.
6 tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
7 tn Heb “ways” (so many English versions).
8 tn Heb “are higher than.”
9 tn Or “thoughts” (so many English versions).
10 tn Heb “too amazing [is this] knowledge for me, it is elevated, I cannot attain to it.”
11 tn Heb “and great of strength.”
12 tn Heb “to his wisdom there is no counting.”
13 sn A quotation from Isa 40:13.