Isaiah 55:8 KJV

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Thou and Ye

  • your more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

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Thompson Chains

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Cross References

  • Psalms 92:5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
  • Psalms 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
  • Ezekiel 18:29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
  • Hosea 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
  • Psalms 25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

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  • Church Prophecies concerning prosperity of Church
  • God Incomprehensible
  • Jesus, the Christ Unclassified prophecies concerning the kingdom of Jesus, the Christ

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Bible Dictionary

  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • For my thoughts מַחְשְׁבוֹתַי maḥšĕbôtay מַחֲשָׁבָה Noun · feminine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
  • not your thoughts כִּי kî Conjunction לֹא lōʾ Negative מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם maḥšĕbôtêkem מַחֲשָׁבָה Noun · feminine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
  • neither are your ways וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and דַרְכֵיכֶם darkêkem דֶּרֶךְ Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
  • my ways דְּרָכָי dĕrākāy דֶּרֶךְ Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
  • saith נְאֻם nĕʾum נְאֻם Noun · masculine singular construct
  • the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name

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