Isaiah 55:9
Good News Translation
As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways and thoughts above yours.

New Revised Standard Version
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Contemporary English Version
Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, my thoughts and my ways are higher than yours.

New American Bible
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.

Psalm 36:5 O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and thy truth reacheth even to the clouds.

Psalm 77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters: and thy footsteps shall not be known.

Psalm 89:2 For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.

Psalm 103:11 For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones.

Romans 11:31-36 So these also now have not believed, for your mercy, that they also may obtain mercy. . . .

Context
Invitation to the Needy
8For my thoughts are not your thoughts: nor your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 9For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.10And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:…
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:19
Bur yet this hath seemed little in thy sight, O Lord God, unless thou didst also speak of the house of thy servant for a long time to come: for this is the law of Adam, O Lord God:

Psalm 103:11
For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.

Isaiah 14:24
The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought, so shall it be: and as I have purposed,

Isaiah 55:8
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