Isaiah 55:9
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.This verse in the real world
In what words
- גָּבַהּgâbahhto soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
- מַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâha contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whet
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- דֶּרֶךְdereka road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Rom 11:31–36, Psa 103:11, Mat 11:25, Psa 77:19, Psa 36:5, Psa 89:2