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Amplified


“Oh, that you had paid attention to My commandments!
Then your peace and prosperity would have been like a [flowing] river,
And your righteousness [the holiness and purity of the nation] like the [abundant] waves of the sea.

New American Standard Bible

“If only you had paid attention to My commandments!
Then your well-being would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

King James Version

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Holman Bible

If only you had paid attention to My commands.
Then your peace would have been like a river,
and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

International Standard Version

Now if only you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your success like the waves of the sea.

A Conservative Version

Oh that thou had hearkened to my commandments! Then thy peace would have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.

American Standard Version

Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Bible in Basic English

If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Darby Translation

Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;

Julia Smith Translation

Would thou didst attend to my commands! and thy peace shall be as a river, and thy justice as the billows of the sea.

King James 2000

O that you had hearkened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Lexham Expanded Bible

O that you had listened attentively to my commandments! Then your prosperity would have been like river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Modern King James verseion

Oh that you had paid attention to My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If thou wilt now regard my commandment, thy wealthiness shall be as the water stream: and thy righteousness as the waves flowing in the sea.

NET Bible

If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.

New Heart English Bible

Oh that you had listened to my commandments. Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea:

The Emphasized Bible

Oh! that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, - Then had been, like a river, thy prosperity, And, thy righteousness, like the waves of the sea:

Webster

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

World English Bible

Oh that you had listened to my commandments! then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea:

Youngs Literal Translation

O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
O that
לוּ לא לוּא 
Luw' 
if, would God, O that, Oh, would it might be, if haply, peradventure, Oh that, pray thee, Though, would
Usage: 22

קשׁב 
Qashab 
Usage: 46

to my commandments
מצוה 
Mitsvah 
Usage: 181

שׁלם שׁלום 
Shalowm 
Usage: 236

been as a river
נהר 
Nahar 
Usage: 119

as the waves
גּל 
Gal 
Usage: 34

References

Hastings

Context Readings

The Lord's Plan For His People

17 This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says,

“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit (benefit),
Who leads you in the way that you should go.
18 
“Oh, that you had paid attention to My commandments!
Then your peace and prosperity would have been like a [flowing] river,
And your righteousness [the holiness and purity of the nation] like the [abundant] waves of the sea.
19
“Your offspring would have been like the sand,
And your descendants [in number] like the grains of sand;
Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:29


“O that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they could discern their future and ultimate fate!

Isaiah 66:12


For the Lord says this, “Behold, I extend peace to her (Jerusalem) like a river,
And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
And you will be nursed, you will be carried on her hip and [playfully] rocked on her knees.

Deuteronomy 5:29

Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear [and worship Me with awe-filled reverence and profound respect] and keep all My commandments always, so that it may go well with them and with their children forever!

Psalm 119:165


Those who love Your law have great peace;
Nothing makes them stumble.

Psalm 81:13-16


“Oh, that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!

Isaiah 32:15-18


Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a fertile field,
And the fertile field is valued as a forest.

Amos 5:24


“But let justice run down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream [flowing abundantly].

Psalm 36:8


They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;
And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights.

Isaiah 45:8


“Rain down, O heavens, from above,
Let the clouds pour down righteousness [all the blessings of God];
Let the earth open up, let salvation bear fruit,
And righteousness spring up with it;
I, the Lord, have created it.

Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

Luke 19:41-42

As He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it [and the spiritual ignorance of its people],

Romans 14:17

for the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking [what one likes], but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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