Isaiah 60:8

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?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Who are these that fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows?
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Who are these who fly like a cloud, And like doves to their roosts?

Context of Isaiah 60:8

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. 7All of the flocks from Kedar will gather and come to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be sacrificed as acceptable ⌞offerings⌟ on my altar. So I will honor my beautiful temple. “Who are these people that fly by like clouds, like doves to their nests? 9Certainly, the coastlands wait with hope for me. The ships from Tarshish are the first to bring your children from far away. Their silver and their gold comes with them to honor the name of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, because he has honored you. 10“Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. In my anger I struck you, but in my favor I have compassion on you.

Isaiah 60:8 word by word

מִי־אֵ֖לֶּה כָּעָ֣ב תְּעוּפֶ֑ינָה וְכַיּוֹנִ֖ים אֶל־אֲרֻבֹּתֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• flyעוּף‛ûph · to flyH5774
• as a cloudעָב‛âb · cloudH5645
• and as the dovesיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• to their windowsאֲרֻבָּה'ărubbâh · windowH699

Cross-references for Isaiah 60:8

• Isaiah 60:4“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 45:22Turn to me and be saved, all who live at the ends of the earth, because I am God, and there is no other.
• Luke 13:29People will come from all over the world and will eat in God’s kingdom.
• Revelation 7:9After these things I saw a large crowd from every nation, tribe, people, and language. No one was able to count how many people there were. They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb. They were wearing white robes, holding palm branches in their hands,
• Hebrews 12:1Since we are surrounded by so many examples ⌞of faith⌟, we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially sin that distracts us. We must run the race that lies ahead of us and never give up.
• Genesis 8:8Next, he sent out a dove to see if the water was gone from the surface 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

Topics related to Isaiah 60:8

• Church
• Dove, Turtle
• Gentiles
• Gospel
• Righteous

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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