Isaiah 55:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.”

Isaiah 55:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 55:89 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֣יkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

לֹ֤אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

מַחְשְׁבוֹתַ/י֙maḥəšəbwōtay

thoughts mynounH4284

curious work · device · imagination · invented ···

מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתֵי/כֶ֔םmaḥəšəbwōtēykem

are thoughts yournounH4284

curious work · device · imagination · invented ···

וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

דַרְכֵי/כֶ֖םdarəkēykem

are ways yournounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

דְּרָכָ֑/יdərākāy

ways mynounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

נְאֻ֖םnəʾum

the utterance ofnounH5002

saith

יְהוָֽהyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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Ruth KimNote2mo ago

My thoughts are not your thoughts

I used to read this as a statement of distance - God is unknowable, mysterious, far above us. Reading it more carefully, I think it is actually an invitation. He is inviting us to think differently, t...