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Isaiah 48:18

18 Oh, that you had listened to my commands!

Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river

and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea.

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Isaiah 48:18 — The New International Version (NIV)

18 If only you had paid attention to my commands,

your peace would have been like a river,

your well-being like the waves of the sea.

Isaiah 48:18 — English Standard Version (ESV)

18 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;

Isaiah 48:18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

18 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:

Isaiah 48:18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

18 Oh, that you had heeded My commandments!

Then your peace would have been like a river,

And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Isaiah 48:18 — New Century Version (NCV)

18 If you had obeyed me,

you would have had peace like a full-flowing river.

Good things would have flowed to you like the waves of the sea.

Isaiah 48:18 — American Standard Version (ASV)

18 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:

Isaiah 48:18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

18 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;

Isaiah 48:18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

18 If only you had listened to my commands! 

Your peace would be like a river ⸤that never runs dry⸥. 

Your righteousness would be like waves on the sea. 

Isaiah 48:18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

18 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.

Isaiah 48:18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

18 O that you had paid attention to my commandments!

Then your prosperity would have been like a river,

and your success like the waves of the sea;

Isaiah 48:18 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

18 O that you had listened attentively to my commandments!

Then your prosperity would have been like a river,

and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Isaiah 48:18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

18 I wish you would pay attention to my commands.

If you did, peace would flow over you like a river.

Holiness would sweep over you like the waves of the ocean.

Isaiah 48:18 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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.


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