Isaiah 48:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 48:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 48:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Isaiah 48:18 — World English Bible
Isaiah 48:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 48:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,”
Isaiah 48:18 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 48:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 48:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Oh that thou haddest hearkened to my commandements! then had thy prosperitie bene as the floude, and thy righteousnesse as the waues of the sea.”
Isaiah 48:18 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 48:18 in Context — Isaiah 48
16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
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 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:
19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been 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.
What Does Isaiah 48:18 Mean?
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