Parallel Verses

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:

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.

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 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go. 18 “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.
19 your offspring would have been like the sand, and your descendants like its grains; their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before me."

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:29

If they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern their latter end!

Isaiah 66:12

For thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip, and bounced upon her knees.

Deuteronomy 5:29

Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!

Psalm 119:165

Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make 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 upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.

Amos 5:24

But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Psalm 36:8

They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

Isaiah 45:8

"Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the LORD have created it.

Luke 19:41-42

And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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