Isaiah

Isaiah 55:8–9

⁸“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

neither are your ways My ways,”

declares the LORD.

⁹“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

so My ways are higher than your ways

and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
My thoughts	מַחְשְׁבוֹתַי֙	maḥ·šə·ḇō·w·ṯay	Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H4284 thought, device
are not	לֹ֤א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
your thoughts	מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם	maḥ·šə·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H4284 thought, device
neither are	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
your ways	דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם	ḏar·ḵê·ḵem	Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
My ways	דְּרָכָ֑י	də·rā·ḵāy	Noun - common plural construct; first person common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
declares	נְאֻ֖ם	nə·’um	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the heavens	שָׁמַ֖יִם	šā·ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
are higher	גָבְה֥וּ	ḡā·ḇə·hū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1361 be high, exalted
than the earth	מֵאָ֑רֶץ	mê·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
so	כֵּ֣ן	kên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
My ways	דְרָכַי֙	ḏə·rā·ḵay	Noun - common plural construct; first person common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
are higher	גָּבְה֤וּ	gā·ḇə·hū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1361 be high, exalted
than your ways	מִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֔ם	mid·dar·ḵê·ḵem	Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
and My thoughts	וּמַחְשְׁבֹתַ֖י	ū·maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯay	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H4284 thought, device
than your thoughts	מִמַּחְשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃	mim·maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H4284 thought, device

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 55:8 Psalm 92:5 · Psalm 40:5 · Hosea 14:9 · Psalm 25:10 · Ezekiel 18:29 · Daniel 4:37 · Isaiah 53:6 · Proverbs 21:8 · Proverbs 25:3

Isaiah 55:9 Psalm 103:11 · Romans 11:31–36 · Matthew 11:25 · Psalm 77:19 · Psalm 36:5 · Psalm 89:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.