Isaiah 48:18
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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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:
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:
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9 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ל֥וּא | lu' | if | H3863 → |
| הִקְשַׁ֖בְתָּ | hik.Shav.ta | you had paid attention | H7181 → |
| לְמִצְוֹתָ֑י | le.mitz.vo.Tai | to commandments my | H4687 → |
| וַיְהִ֤י | vay.Hi | and it was | H1961 → |
| כַנָּהָר֙ | kha.na.Har | like <the> river | H5104 → |
| שְׁלוֹמֶ֔ךָ | she.lo.Me.kha | peace your | H7965 → |
| וְצִדְקָתְךָ֖ | ve.tzid.ka.te.Cha | and righteousness your | H6666 → |
| כְּגַלֵּ֥י | ke.ga.Lei | like [the] waves of | H1530 → |
| הַיָּֽם׃ | hai.Yam | the sea | H3220 → |
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