God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 60:4
4“Look up, look around, and watch. All of your people assemble and come to you. Your sons come from far away. Your daughters are carried in their arms.
Isaiah 60:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
- New International Version (NIV)“Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Lift 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Lift 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 nursed at your side.
Context of Isaiah 60:4
2Darkness now covers the earth, and thick darkness covers the nations. But the Lord dawns, and his glory appears over you. 3Nations will come to your light, and kings will come to the brightness of your dawn. “Look up, look around, and watch. All of your people assemble and come to you. Your sons come from far away. Your daughters are carried in their arms. 5Then you will see this and rejoice, and your heart will be thrilled with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you. The wealth of the nations will come to you. 6“Many camels will cover your ⌞land⌟, young camels from Midian and Ephah. Everyone from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and incense. They will sing the praises of the Lord.
Read all of Isaiah 60Isaiah 60:4 word by word
שְׂאִֽי־סָבִ֤יב עֵינַ֙יִךְ֙ וּרְאִ֔י כֻּלָּ֖ם נִקְבְּצ֣וּ בָֽאוּ־לָ֑ךְ בָּנַ֙יִךְ֙ מֵרָח֣וֹק יָבֹ֔אוּ וּבְנֹתַ֖יִךְ עַל־צַ֥ד תֵּאָמַֽנָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Lift upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: lookH5375
- thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
- and seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- all they gather themselves togetherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
- they comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- to thee: thy sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- from farרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350
- and thy daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- shall be nursedאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
- sideצַדtsad · sideH6654
Cross-references for Isaiah 60:4
- Isaiah 49:18Look up, look around, and watch! All of your children are gathering together and returning to you. “I solemnly swear as I live,” declares the Lord, “you will wear all of them like jewels and display them on yourself as a bride would.”
- John 4:35“Don’t you say, ‘In four more months the harvest will be here’? I’m telling you to look and see that the fields are ready to be harvested.
- Acts 13:44On the next day of rest—a holy day, almost the whole city gathered to hear the Lord’s word.
- Isaiah 42:6I, the Lord, have called you to do what is right. I will take hold of your hand. I will protect you. I will appoint you as my promise to the people, as my light to the nations.
- Isaiah 49:20The children taken from you will say to you, “This place is too crowded for me. Make room for me to live here.”
- Isaiah 66:11You will nurse and be satisfied from her comforting breasts. You will nurse to your heart’s delight at her full breasts.
- Matthew 8:11I can guarantee that many will come from all over the world. They will eat with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
- Galatians 3:28There are neither Jews nor Greeks, slaves nor free people, males nor females. You are all the same in Christ Jesus.
Commentaries on Isaiah 60:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Shall be nursed at thy side "Shall be carried at the side" - For תאמנה teamanah, shall be nursed, the Septuagint and Chaldee read תנשאנה tinnasenah, shall be carried. A MS. has תנשאנה כתף על al catheph tinnasenah, "shall be carried on the shoulder;" instead of תאמנה צד על al tsad teamanah, "shall be nursed on the side." Another MS. has both כתף catheph and צד tsad . Another MS. has it thus: תאמנה :תנשאנה tinnasenah : teamanah, with a line drawn over the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Lift up thine eyes - Jerusalem is here addressed as a female with eyes cast down from grief. She is directed to lift them up, and to see the great multitudes that were flocking to her. Wherever she could turn her eyes, she would behold them hastening to come to her. In this verse and the following verses, the prophet goes into a particular statement of what he referred to in general terms in Isaiah 60:3. The first thing which be specifies is, that the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Lift up ... eyes--Jerusalem is addressed as a female with eyes cast down from grief. all they ... they--The Gentile peoples come together to bring back the dispersed Hebrews, restore their city, and worship Jehovah with offerings. nursed at thy side--rather "carried at thy side." It is the custom in the East to carry the children astride on the hip, with the arms around the body (Is 66:12).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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