Isaiah 48:18

Isaiah 48:18 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

18If 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.

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.

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.

18If only you had paid attention to My commandments,

your peace would have been like a river,

and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

18Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

18Oh that thou haddest hearkened to my commandements! then had thy prosperitie bene as the floude, and thy righteousnesse as the waues of the sea.

18Oh 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.

18I wish you would pay attention to my commands.

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

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

18You should have obeyed my commands.

Then you would have had peace in your lives,

like a river that runs quietly.

You would have been safe and well,

like the strong waves in the sea.

18O that you had attended to My commands, || Then your peace is as a river, || And your righteousness as billows of the sea,