Verse 18

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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Å, om du bare ville lytte til mine bud! Da skulle din fred være som en elv, og din rettferdighet som havets bølger.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Å, om du hadde lyttet til mine bud! Da ville din fred ha vært som en elv, og din rettferdighet som havets bølger.

• Norsk King James

  Å, at du hadde lyttet til mine befalinger! Da ville din fred vært som en elv, og din rettferdighet som havets bølger.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Å, om du bare ville høre på mine bud! Da skulle din fred vært som en elv, og din rettferdighet som havets bølger.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hadde du bare aktet på mine bud, da ville din fred vært som en elv, og din rettferdighet som havets bølger.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Om du bare hadde fulgt mine bud! Da hadde din fred vært som en elv, og din rettferdighet som havets bølger.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Å, om du hadde fulgt mine bud! Da ville din fred vært som en mektig elv, og din rettferdighet som havets bølger.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Om du bare hadde fulgt mine bud! Da hadde din fred vært som en elv, og din rettferdighet som havets bølger.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Om du bare hadde aktet på mine bud! Da ville din fred vært som en elv og din rettferdighet som havets bølger.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If only you had paid attention to My commands, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Om du bare hadde lyttet til mine bud! Da skulle din fred vært som en elv, og din rettferdighet som havets bølger.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gid du vilde agte paa mine Bud! da skulde din Fred være som Floden, og din Retfærdighed som Havets Bølger.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Å, hadde du bare lyttet til mine bud! Da ville din fred vært som en elv, og din rettferdighet som havets bølger.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Om du bare hadde lyttet til mine bud! Da ville din fred vært som en elv, og din rettferdighet som havets bølger.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Å, hadde du bare fulgt mine bud, da skulle din fred være som en strøm, og din rettferdighet som havets bølger.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Å, om du hadde lyttet til mine bud! Da skulle din fred vært som en elv, og din rettferdighet som havets bølger.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hadde du bare lyttet til mine befalinger, da ville din fred vært som en elv, og din rettferdighet som havets bølger:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf thou wilt now regarde my comaundement, thy welthynes shalbe as the water streame: & thy rightuousnes as the wawes flowinge in the see.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Oh that thou haddest hearkened to my commaundements! then had thy prosperitie bene as the floude, and thy righteousnesse as the waues of the sea.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  O that thou hadst regarded my commaundementes, then had thy wealthynesse ben as the water streame, and thy ryghteousnesse as the waues flowyng in the sea:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• 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:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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:

• 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:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 66:12 : 12 For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall you nurse, you shall be carried on her sides, and be dandled on her knees.
• Deut 32:29 : 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
• Ps 119:165 : 165 Great peace have those who love Your law, and nothing causes them to stumble.
• Deut 5:29 : 29 Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
• Isa 32:15-18 : 15 Until the spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest. 16 Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever. 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
• Amos 5:24 : 24 But let judgment run down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
• Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
• Luke 19:41-42 : 41 And when he came near, he saw the city and wept over it, 42 Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
• Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
• Isa 45:8 : 8 Drop down, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
• Ps 36:8 : 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house; and you shall make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
• Ps 81:13-16 : 13 Oh, that my people would have listened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways! 14 I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 15 The haters of the LORD would have submitted themselves to him; but their time would have endured forever. 16 He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat; and with honey from the rock, I would have satisfied you.