Isaiah 60 · Verse 8

Isaiah 60:8

Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
Isaiah 60:8, King James Version

Isaiah 60:8 in other translations

BSBWho are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?
WEB“Who are these who fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
ASVWho are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
YLTWho are these--as a thick cloud they fly, And as doves unto their windows?
DARBYWho are these that come flying as a cloud, and as doves to their dove-cotes?
BBEWho are these coming like a cloud, like a flight of doves to their windows?
WebsterWho are these that fly as a cloud, and as doves to their windows?

What does Isaiah 60:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. The prophet, seeing in vision new hosts approaching quickly like a cloud of doves, asks who they are.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 And 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 συν νεοσσοις, "with their young;" they read אפרחיהם ephrocheyhem, nearer to the latter than to the present reading. - L.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 60:1-8

The glories of the church of God, when the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in. (Is. 60:1-8) and the Jews shall be converted and gathered from their dispersions. (Is. 60:9-14) and the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. (Is. 60:15-22) Verses 1-8 As far as we have the knowledge of God in us, and the favour of God towards us, our light is come. And if God's glory is seen…

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Isaiah 60:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מִי\־mi-who?H4310
אֵ֖לֶּה'E.leh[are] theseH428
כָּעָ֣בka.'Avlike <the> cloudH5645
תְּעוּפֶ֑ינָהte.'u.Fei.nahthey flyH5774
וְכַיּוֹנִ֖יםve.khai.yo.Nimand like <the> dovesH3123
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אֲרֻבֹּתֵיהֶֽם\׃'a.ru.bo.tei.Hemopenings theirH699

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 60:8

  • Revelation 7:9

    After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

  • Luke 13:29

    And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

  • Hebrews 12:1

    Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

  • Isaiah 49:21

    Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

  • Isaiah 60:4

    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.

  • Isaiah 45:22

    Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

  • Genesis 8:8-11

    Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
fly.
4; 45:22; Lu 13:29; Re 7:9
a cloud.
Heb 12:1
as the.
Ge 8:8-11

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Context

  • Isaiah 60:7

    All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

  • Isaiah 60:8

    Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

  • Isaiah 60:9

    Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

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Isaiah 60:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Quiénes son estos que vuelan como nubes, y como palomas á sus ventanas?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Qui sont ceux-ci, qui volent comme une nuée, et comme les colombes vers leurs colombiers?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wer sind diese, die wie eine Wolke geflogen kommen und gleich Tauben zu ihren Schlägen?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Qui sunt isti qui ut nubes volant, et quasi columbæ ad fenestras suas?