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OET-LV DOM they_are_high [the]_heavens than_earth so they_are_high ways_my than_ways_your_all’s and_thoughts_my than_thoughts_your_all’s.
UHB כִּֽי־גָבְה֥וּ שָׁמַ֖יִם מֵאָ֑רֶץ כֵּ֣ן גָּבְה֤וּ דְרָכַי֙ מִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֔ם וּמַחְשְׁבֹתַ֖י מִמַּחְשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ ‡
(ⱪiy-gāⱱəhū shāmayim mēʼāreʦ ⱪēn gāⱱəhū dərākay middarkēykem ūmaḩshəⱱotay mimmaḩshəⱱotēykem.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
⇔ so are my ways higher than your ways,
⇔ and my thoughts than your thoughts.
UST Just as you people on the earth can never reach the sky,
⇔ the thoughts of Yahweh are that much higher than the way you think.
⇔ His ways are always different from what you do.
⇔ And so, you can be sure that you can never fully understand the way Yahweh thinks or know the reasons for what Yahweh does.
BSB “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
⇔ so My ways are higher than your ways
⇔ and My thoughts than your thoughts.
OEB but as heaven is higher than earth,
⇔ so are my ways higher than your ways,
⇔ and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
WEB “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
⇔ so are my ways higher than your ways,
⇔ and my thoughts than your thoughts.
NET 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.
LSV “For [as] high [as] the heavens have been above the earth,
So high have been My ways above your ways,
And My thoughts above your thoughts.
FBV In the same way the heavens are higher than the earth, my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
T4T Just as the sky is far above the earth,
⇔ what I do is far greater than what you do,
⇔ and what I think is much greater than what you think.
LEB • as the heavens are[fn] than the earth, so my ways are[fn] than your ways, • and my thoughts than your thoughts.
?:? Literally “high”
BBE For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
MOF No MOF ISA book available
JPS For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
ASV For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
DRA For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.
YLT For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.
DBY For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
RV For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
WBS For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
KJB For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
(For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. )
BB But as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth: so farre do my wayes exceede yours, & my thoughtes yours.
(But as far as the heavens are hyer then the earth: so far do my ways exceede yours, and my thoughts yours.)
GNV For as ye heauens are higher then the earth, so are my wayes higher then your wayes, and my thoughtes aboue your thoughts.
(For as ye/you_all heavens are higher then the earth, so are my ways higher then your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts. )
CB But as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth, so farre do my waies exceade yours, & my thoughtes yours
(But as far as the heavens are hyer then the earth, so far do my waies exceed yours, and my thoughts yours)
WYC For as heuenys ben reisid fro erthe, so my weies ben reisid fro youre weies, and my thouytis fro youre thouytis.
(For as heuenys been reisid from earth, so my ways been reisid from your(pl) ways, and my thoughts from your(pl) thouytis.)
LUT sondern soviel der Himmel höher ist denn die Erde, so sind auch meine Wege höher denn eure Wege und meine Gedanken denn eure Gedanken.
(rather soviel the heaven höher is because the earth, so are also my Wege höher because your Wege and my Gedanken because your Gedanken.)
CLV Quia sicut exaltantur cæli a terra, sic exaltatæ sunt viæ meæ a viis vestris, et cogitationes meæ a cogitationibus vestris.
(Quia like exaltantur cæli a terra, so exaltatæ are viæ my a viis vestris, and cogitationes my a cogitationibus vestris. )
BRN But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.
BrLXX Ἀλλʼ ὡς ἀπέχει ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, οὕτως ἀπέχει ἡ ὁδός μου ἀπὸ τῶν ὁδῶν ὑμῶν, καὶ τὰ διανοήματα ὑμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς διανοίας μου.
(Allʼ hōs apeⱪei ho ouranos apo taʸs gaʸs, houtōs apeⱪei haʸ hodos mou apo tōn hodōn humōn, kai ta dianoaʸmata humōn apo taʸs dianoias mou. )
55:1-13 This final chapter of the prophecies of comfort (chs 40–55) summarizes the section’s prominent themes: blessing, covenant, witness, word, nations, glory, forgiveness, and joy.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when higher heavens than,earth yes/correct/thus/so higher ways,my than,ways,your_all's and,thoughts,my than,thoughts,your_all's )
Yahweh speaks of the things that he does and how he thinks as being far superior to or higher than what people do and think, just like the sky is much higher than the earth.