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:


In Context

15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD hath sent me, and his spirit.

17 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the LORD thy God, which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

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:

19 thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name should not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

Isaiah 48:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

48:18If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: thy peace had been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:18Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:18Oh 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;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:18Oh 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:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:18O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:18O that you had listened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea: