Does God think?

[claypot]

I'm just pondering something here.

Does God think?

I tend to associate thinking with the soul. God is Spirit.

Does God reason things out, like His plan for creation. Did He really count the cost of His actions?

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[Paul Hazelwood]

Yes,

Pr 5:21 For the ways of a man are before the eyes of Yahweh, Who ponders all his routes.


Ponders in the hebrew means   "to prepare the way".

[WhiteWings]

I would say God doesn't think but knows.
Thinking is the path towards knowing.
So thinking shows a limitation.

[Tim B]

I would say God doesn't think but knows.
Thinking in the path towards knowing.
So thinking shows a limitation.

Agreed!  :thumbsup:

[martincisneros]

This verse kept me physically alive last year when everything in me was totally shutting down, with the exception of when I was sharing around here:

For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a good hope at the end. (Jeremiah 29:11 P.-Lamsa Translation)

I know the plans that I have for you, declares the LORD. They are plans for peace and not disaster, plans to give you a future filled with hope. (Jeremiah 29:11 God's Word Translation)

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)

'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.  (Jeremiah 29:11 NASB)

For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.  (Jeremiah 29:11 Amplified Bible)

For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.  (Jeremiah 29:11 New Living Translation)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.  (Jeremiah 29:11 KJV)

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.  (Jeremiah 29:11 English Standard Version)

I will bless you with a future filled with hope--a future of success, not of suffering.  (Jeremiah 29:11 Contemporary English Version)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.  (Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV)

I say this because I know what I am planning for you," says the Lord. "I have good plans for you, not plans to hurt you. I will give you hope and a good future.  (Jeremiah 29:11 New Century Version)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end.  (Jeremiah 29:11 Twenty First Century King James Version)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.  (Jeremiah 29:11 American Standard Version)

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you -- an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.  (Jeremiah 29:11 Young's Literal Translation)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you in your latter end a hope.  (Jeremiah 29:11 Darby Translation)

For I know the plans I have for you,' says the Lord, 'plans for well-being and not for trouble, to give you a future and a hope.  (Jeremiah 29:11 New Life Version)

For I know the plans I have for you"  —[this is] the LORD's declaration—"plans for [your] welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.  (Jeremiah 29:11 Holman Christian Standard Bible)

"I know the plans I have for you," announces the Lord. "I want you to enjoy success. I do not plan to harm you. I will give you hope for the years to come.  (Jeremiah 29:11 New International Reader's Version)

For I know the purposes which I am planning for you, says Jehovah; purposes of peace, and not for evil; to give you posterity and a hope.  (Jeremiah 29:11 J.P. Green's Literal Translation)

For I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.  (Jeremiah 29:11 Revised Standard Version)

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. (Jeremiah 29:11 New Revised Standard Version)

For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction, to give you an end and patience.  (Jeremiah 29:11 Douay-Rheims Bible)

For, I, know the plans which I am planning for you Declareth Yahweh, - Plans of welfare and not of calamity, To give you a future and a hope.  (Jeremiah 29:11 J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible)

For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.  (Jeremiah 29:11 Webster's Bible Translation)

For I knowe the thoughtes, that I haue thought towards you, saith the Lorde, euen the thoughtes of peace, and not of trouble, to giue you an ende, and your hope.  (Jeremiah 29:11 The Geneva Bible (1587))

For I knowe what I haue deuised for you, saith the Lorde: My thoughtes are to geue you peace, and not trouble, and to geue you an ende as you wishe and hope to haue.  (Jeremiah 29:11 The Bishop's Bible (1568))

For I knowe, what I haue deuysed for you, saieth the LORDE. My thoughtes are to geue you peace, & not trouble (which I geue you all redie) & that ye might haue hope agayne.  (Jeremiah 29:11 Miles Coverdale Bible (1535))

For Y knowe the thouytis whiche Y thenke on you, seith the Lord, the thouytis of pees, and not of turment, that Y yyue to you an ende and pacience.  (Jeremiah 29:11 The Wycliffe Bible (1395))

ego enim scio cogitationes quas cogito super vos ait Dominus cogitationes pacis et non adflictionis ut dem vobis finem et patientiam (Jeremiah 29:11 The Latin Vulgate (425))

For I know what plans I have in mind for you,' says ADONAI,'plans for well-being, not for bad things; so that you can have hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11 The Complete Jewish Bible)

For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.  (Jeremiah 29:11 The Bible in Basic English)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of shalom, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end. (Jeremiah 29:11 Hebrew Names Version of World English Bible)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.  (Jeremiah 29:11 JPS Old Testament (1917))