The Book of Mormon

Helaman 13:36

1830 Edition

O that we had repented in the day that the word of the Lord came unto us; for behold the land is cursed, and all things are become slippery, and we cannot hold them.

Simple English

“’I wish we had changed on the day the Lord’s word came to us! The land is cursed. All things have become slippery. We can’t hold onto them.’”

Paraphrase

“’If only we’d turned back to God when his word came to us. The land is cursed, and everything’s become slippery. We can’t hold onto anything.’”