| NASB © | Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Definition | Origin | | "If only | ל֥וּא | lu | 3863 | if, oh that | a prim. conjunction |
| you had paid attention | הִקְשַׁ֖בְתָּ | hik·shav·ta | 7181 | to incline (ears), attend | a prim. root |
| to My commandments! | לְמִצְוֹתָ֑י | le·mitz·vo·tai; | 4687 | commandment | from tsavah |
| Then your well-being | שְׁלֹומֶ֔ךָ | she·lo·v·me·cha, | 7965 | completeness, soundness, welfare, peace | from shalem |
| would have been | וַיְהִ֤י | vay·hi | 1961 | to fall out, come to pass, become, be | a prim. root |
| like a river, | כַנָּהָר֙ | chan·na·har | 5104 | a stream, river | from nahar |
| And your righteousness | וְצִדְקָתְךָ֖ | ve·tzid·ka·te·cha | 6666 | righteousness | from the same as tsedeq |
| like the waves | כְּגַלֵּ֥י | ke·gal·lei | 1530 | a heap, wave, billow | from galal |
| of the sea. | הַיָּֽם׃ | hai·yam. | 3220 | sea | of uncertain derivation |
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KJV Lexicon
O that
luw' (loo)
a conditional particle; if;; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that! -- if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
thou hadst hearkened
qashab (kaw-shab')
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken -- attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
to my commandments
mitsvah (mits-vaw')
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law) -- (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
then had thy peace
shalowm (shaw-lome')
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
been as a river
nahar (naw-hawr')
a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity -- flood, river.
and thy righteousness
tsdaqah (tsed-aw-kaw')
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) -- justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
as the waves
gal (gal)
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves) -- billow, heap, spring, wave.
of the sea
yam (yawm)
from an unused root meaning to roar -- sea (-faring man, (-shore), south, west (-ern, side, -ward). |
New American Standard (©1995)
"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.King James Bible
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: American King James Version
O that you had listened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea: American Standard Version
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: Darby Bible Translation
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; English Revised Version
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: Webster's Bible Translation
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: World English Bible
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: Young's Literal Translation
O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea, Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata
utinam adtendisses mandata mea facta fuisset sicut flumen pax tua et iustitia tua sicut gurgites maris
Attended Attention Billows Commandments Commands Ear Hadst Hearken Hearkened Listened O Oh Orders Paid Peace Righteousness River Waves Well-being Wouldest
Attended Attention Billows Commandments Ear Hadst Hearken Hearkened Orders Paid Peace Righteousness River Sea Waves Well-Being Wouldest
Attended Attention Billows Commandments Ear Hadst Hearken Hearkened Orders Paid Peace Righteousness River Sea Waves Well-Being WouldestIsaiah 48:18 Multilingual Bible Ésaïe 48:18 French Isaías 48:18 Biblia Paralela 以 賽 亞 書 48:18 Chinese Bible |
