Isaiah 60:3
What does Isaiah 60:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 60:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And nations will come to your light, and kings to your bright dawn.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the nations shall walk by thy light, and kings by the brightness of thy rising.
Context
v.2For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
v.3This passage
v.4Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee; thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be carried in the arms.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
- Isaiah 49:6
yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
- Psalms 117:1
O praise Jehovah, all ye nations; Laud him, all ye peoples.
- Isaiah 2:2
And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
- Romans 15:9
and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, Therefore will I give praise unto thee among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy name.
- John 12:20
Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:
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