ISA 48:18 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ εἰ ἤκουσας τῶν ἐντολῶν μου, ἐγένετο ἂν ὡσεὶ ποταμὸς ἡ εἰρήνη σου, καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου ὡς κῦμα θαλάσσης·
(Kai ei aʸkousas tōn entolōn mou, egeneto an hōsei potamos haʸ eiraʸnaʸ sou, kai haʸ dikaiosunaʸ sou hōs kuma thalassaʸs; )

BrTr And if thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, then would thy peace have been like a river, and thy righteousness as a wave of the sea.

ULT If only you had listened closely to my commandments!
⇔ Then your peace would have been like a river,
⇔ and your salvation like the waves of the sea.

UST I wish that you had paid attention to my commands!
⇔ If you had done that, things would have gone well for you
⇔ like a river that flows gently;
⇔ you would have been successful again and again,
⇔ like waves that come without ceasing.

BSB If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
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OEB No OEB ISA 48:18 verse available

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET 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.

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

FBV If you had only listened carefully to what I told you! Then your blessings would have flowed like a river, and goodness would have washed over you like the waves of the sea.

T4T I wish that you had paid attention to my commands!
⇔ If you had done that, things would have gone well for you
⇔ like [SIM] a river that flows gently;
⇔ you would have been successful again and again,
⇔ like [SIM] waves that come without ceasing.

LEB No LEB ISA book available

BBE 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:

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS Oh that thou wouldest hearken to My commandments! then would thy peace be as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;

ASV 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:

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

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

Drby 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;

RV 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:
(Oh that thou/you hadst/had hearkened to my commandments! then had thy/your peace been as a river, and thy/your righteousness as the waves of the sea: )

SLT Would thou didst attend to my commands! and thy peace shall be as a river, and thy justice as the billows of the sea.

Wbstr 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:

KJB-1769 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:
(Oh that thou/you hadst/had hearkened to my commandments! then had thy/your peace been as a river, and thy/your righteousness as the waves of the sea: )

KJB-1611 O that thou haddest hearkened to my commandements! then had thy peace beene as a riuer, and thy righteousnesse as the waues of the sea.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps ISA book available

Gnva 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.
(Oh that thou/you hadst/had hearkened to my commandments! then had thy/your prosperity been as the flood, and thy/your righteousness as the waves of the sea. )

Cvdl No Cvdl ISA book available

Wycl No Wycl ISA book available

Luth No Luth ISA book available

ClVg Utinam attendisses mandata mea: facta fuisset sicut flumen pax tua, et justitia tua sicut gurgites maris:
(Utinam attendisses commands my: facts to_have_beent like the_river pax your, and justice your like gurgites of_the_sea: )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT ISA book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

(Occurrence 0) If only you had obeyed my commandments

(Some words not found in UHB: if_only paid_attention to,commandments_of,my and=he/it_was like_a,river peace_of,your and,righteousness_of,your like,waves_of the=sea )

Yahweh describes something that could have happened but did not.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) Then your peace and prosperity would have flowed like a river, and your salvation like the waves of the sea

(Some words not found in UHB: if_only paid_attention to,commandments_of,my and=he/it_was like_a,river peace_of,your and,righteousness_of,your like,waves_of the=sea )

These two phrases share similar meanings. In both, Yahweh speaks of Israel’s experiencing abundant blessings as if those blessings flowed like water. (See also: figs-parallelism)

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

(Occurrence 0) your salvation like the waves of the sea

(Some words not found in UHB: if_only paid_attention to,commandments_of,my and=he/it_was like_a,river peace_of,your and,righteousness_of,your like,waves_of the=sea )

The verb may be supplied from the previous phrase. Alternate translation: “your salvation would have flowed like the waves of the sea”

Parallel ISA 48:18