English Standard Version
Isaiah 60:8
8Who are these that fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows?
Isaiah 60:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
- New International Version (NIV)“Who are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Who are these who fly like a cloud, And like doves to their roosts?
- New Living Translation (NLT)“And what do I see flying like clouds to Israel, like doves to their nests?
Context of Isaiah 60:8
6A multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come. They shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord. 7All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will beautify my beautiful house. Who are these that fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows? 9For the coastlands shall hope for me, the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your children from afar, their silver and gold with them, for the name of the Lord your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you beautiful. 10Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
Read all of Isaiah 60Isaiah 60:8 word by word
מִי־אֵ֖לֶּה כָּעָ֣ב תְּעוּפֶ֑ינָה וְכַיּוֹנִ֖ים אֶל־אֲרֻבֹּתֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 60:8
- Isaiah 60:4Lift up your eyes all around, and see; they all gather together, they come to you; your sons shall come from afar, and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.
- Isaiah 45:22"Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
- Luke 13:29And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God.
- Revelation 7:9After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
- Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
- Genesis 8:8Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground.
Commentaries on Isaiah 60:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8And as the doves to their windows "And like doves upon the wing?" - Instead of אל el, to, forty-two MSS. of Kennicott's, and one of mine, have by על , upon. For ארבתיהם arubboteyhem, their windows, read אברתיהם ebrotheyhem, their wings, transposing a letter. - Houbigant. The Septuagint render it , "with their young;" they read אפרחיהם ephrocheyhem, nearer to the latter than to the present reading. - L.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Who are these that fly as a cloud? - In multitudes so numerous, that they appear as a dense cloud. The prophet, in vision, sees a vast multitude coming to Jerusalem, or hastening to embrace the true religion - so numerous as to excite surprise, and to lead to the question, Who can they be? (compare Isaiah 49:21.) It is not uncommon to compare a multitude of persons to a cloud. Thus Livy (xxxv. 49), Rex contra peditum equitumque nubes jactat. Thus in…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. The prophet, seeing in vision new hosts approaching quickly like a cloud of doves, asks who they are.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 60
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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