Kejadian 50:20

50:20 As for you, you meant to harm me, ¹  but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day. ² 

Yesaya 55:8

55:8 “Indeed, ³  my plans ⁴  are not like ⁵  your plans,

and my deeds ⁶  are not like ⁷  your deeds,

Roma 11:33-34

11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!

11:34 For who has known the mind of the Lord,

or who has been his counselor? ⁸ 

[50:20]  ¹ tn Heb “you devised against me evil.”

[50:20]  ² tn Heb “God devised it for good in order to do, like this day, to preserve alive a great nation.”

[55:8]  ³ tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV).

[55:8]  ⁴ tn Or “thoughts” (so many English versions).

[55:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “are not.” “Like” is interpretive, but v. 9 indicates that a comparison is in view.

[55:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “ways” (so many English versions).

[55:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “are not.” “Like” is interpretive, but v. 9 indicates that a comparison is in view.

[11:34]  ⁸ sn A quotation from Isa 40:13.