The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 20:18

1830 Edition

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:

Influences

Isaiah 48:18 (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:

Changes

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:.

Simple English

If you had listened to my commands! Then your peace would have been like a river. Your righteousness would have been like the waves of the sea.

Paraphrase

If only you had listened to my commands! Your peace would have flowed like a river. Your righteousness would have rolled in like ocean waves.