Psalms 81:13

In 11 translations

BSB

If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

KJV

Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

WEB

Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

ASV

Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

LSV

O that My people were listening to Me, || Israel would walk in My ways.

YLT

O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.

DBY

Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!

DRC80:14

If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways:

GNV

Oh that my people had hearkened vnto me, and Israel had walked in my wayes.

JPS81:14

Oh that My people would hearken unto Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!

LXXE80:14

If my people had hearkened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways,

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Original-language editions

WLC81:14

ל֗וּ עַ֭מִּי שֹׁמֵ֣עַֽ לִ֑י יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל בִּדְרָכַ֥י יְהַלֵּֽכוּ׃KJV:Ps.81.13

LXX-Br80:14

Εἰ ὁ λαός μου ἤκουσέ μου, Ἰσραὴλ ταῖς ὁδοῖς μου εἰ ἐπορεύθη,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
• Isaiah 48:18If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
• Deuteronomy 10:12–13And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the…
• Luke 19:41–42As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
• Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
• Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

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