Isaiah 60:3

Amplified Bible

"Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the nations will come to your light. Kings will come to your bright sunrise.

New Living Translation
All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance.

Update Bible Version
And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

New Century Version
Nations will come to your light; kings will come to the brightness of your sunrise.

New English Translation
Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

World English Bible
Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

English Standard Version
And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And hethene men schulen go in thi liyt, and kyngis `schulen go in the schynyng of thi risyng.

English Revised Version
And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Berean Standard Bible
Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

Contemporary English Version
Nations and kings will come to the light of your dawning day.

American Standard Version
And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Bible in Basic English
And nations will come to your light, and kings to your bright dawn.

Complete Jewish Bible
Nations will go toward your light and kings toward your shining splendor.

Darby Translation
And the nations shall walk by thy light, and kings by the brightness of thy rising.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And nations shall walk at thy light, and kings at the brightness of thy rising.

King James Version (1611)
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightnesse of thy rising.

New Life Bible
Nations will come to your light. And kings will see the shining-greatness of the Lord on you.

New Revised Standard
Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Gentiles shall walke in thy light, and Kings at the brightnesse of thy rising vp.

George Lamsa Translation
And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall nations come to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy dawning.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.

Revised Standard Version
And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The gentiles shall come to thy light, & kinges to the brightnesse that springeth foorth vpon thee.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And kings shall walk in thy light, and nations in thy brightness.

Good News Translation
Nations will be drawn to your light, And kings to the dawning of your new day.

Christian Standard Bible®
Nations will come to your light,and kings to your shining brightness.

Hebrew Names Version
Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

King James Version
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Lexham English Bible
And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the bright light of your sunrise.

Literal Translation
And nations shall walk to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawning.

Young's Literal Translation
And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The Gentiles shal come to thy light, & kynges to the brightnes yt springeth forth vpo ye.

New American Standard Bible
"Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.

New King James Version
The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.

Legacy Standard Bible
Nations will come to your light,And kings to the brightness of your rising.

Contextual Overview

¹"Arise [from spiritual depression to a new life], shine [be radiant with the glory and brilliance of the LORD]; for your light has come, And the glory and brilliance of the LORD has risen upon you. ²"For in fact, darkness will cover the earth And deep darkness will cover the peoples; But the LORD will rise upon you [Jerusalem] And His glory and brilliance will be seen on you. ³"Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising. ⁴"Lift up your eyes around you and see; They all gather together, they come to you. Your sons will come from far away, And your daughters will be looked after at their side. ⁵"Then you will see and be radiant, And your heart will tremble [with joy] and rejoice Because the abundant wealth of the seas will be brought to you, The wealth of the nations will come to you. ⁶"A multitude of camels [from the eastern trading tribes] will cover you [Jerusalem], The young camels of Midian and Ephah; All those from Sheba [who once came to trade] will come Bringing gold and frankincense And proclaiming the praises of the LORD. ⁷"All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you [as the eastern pastoral tribes join the trading tribes], The rams of Nebaioth will serve you; They will go up with acceptance [as sacrifices] on My altar, And I will glorify the house of My honor and splendor. ⁸"Who are these who fly like a cloud And like doves to their windows?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Gentiles: Isaiah 2:2-5, Isaiah 11:10, Isaiah 19:23-25, Isaiah 45:14, Isaiah 49:6, Isaiah 49:12, Isaiah 49:23, Isaiah 54:1-3, Isaiah 66:12, Isaiah 66:19, Isaiah 66:20, Genesis 49:10, Psalms 22:27, Psalms 67:1-4, Psalms 72:17-19, Psalms 98:2, Psalms 98:3, Psalms 117:1, Psalms 117:2, Amos 9:12, Micah 4:1, Micah 4:2, Zechariah 2:11, Zechariah 8:20-23, Matthew 2:1-11, Matthew 28:19, Luke 24:47, John 12:20, John 12:21, John 12:32, Acts 13:47, Acts 15:17, Romans 11:11-15, Romans 15:9-12

kings: Isaiah 60:10, Isaiah 60:16, Isaiah 49:7, Isaiah 49:23, Psalms 2:10, Psalms 68:29, Psalms 72:11, Psalms 138:4, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 21:24

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:4 - as the light 1 Chronicles 29:6 - the chief Psalms 22:29 - shall Psalms 45:12 - rich Psalms 72:10 - General Psalms 97:6 - all the Psalms 102:15 - General Psalms 102:22 - General Psalms 148:11 - Kings Isaiah 14:1 - the strangers Isaiah 49:22 - Behold Isaiah 54:3 - thou shalt Isaiah 56:8 - Yet Jeremiah 3:17 - and all the nations Ezekiel 47:9 - a very great Zechariah 8:22 - General Zechariah 8:23 - We will Zechariah 9:16 - lifted Matthew 2:2 - his Matthew 12:18 - and he Acts 8:27 - a man Acts 11:1 - the Gentiles Ephesians 5:8 - but 2 Timothy 1:10 - now

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light,.... To the Gospel, preached in the midst of her; and to Christ, who is her light and into her church state, and partake of the prosperity and happiness of it. The Targum is,

"and nations shall walk in thy light;''

and so in Revelation 21:24, where it is interpreted of the nations of them that are saved, truly regenerated and converted persons:

and kings to the brightness of thy rising; Christ, the sun of righteousness, will rise upon her; and this being the morning of the latter day glory, the church will rise as a bright morning star; and such be the evidence and lustre of Gospel truths and ordinances, that kings shall he enlightened by them, and come and join themselves unto her, and walk with her in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord. Some of this high rank and dignity have been called, and but a few; but in those times the instances will be many, even all kings shall serve and worship the Lord, Psalms 72:11.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the Gentiles shall come - So splendid shall be that glory, that it will attract the distant nations, and they shall come and participate in the blessings of the gospel. This contains the main statement which it is the design of this chapter to illustrate. The prophet had frequently made this statement before in general terms (compare Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 54:3); but he here goes into a more particular account, and more fully describes the blessings which would result from this accession to the true church.

And kings - (Compare Isaiah 49:7, note; Isaiah 49:23, note; Isaiah 52:15, note).

To the brightness of thy rising - This does not mean that the church was to arise with the splendor of the sun; but ‘thy rising’ means the rising upon her - called her rising, because it would shed its beams on her. It is correctly rendered by Lowth - ‘The brightness of thy sunrising;’ by Noyes and Herder. ‘The brightness that riseth upon thee.’

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 60:3. And the Gentiles shall come — This has been in some sort already fulfilled. The Gentiles have received the light of the Gospel from the land of Judea, and the Gentile kings have embraced that Gospel; so that many nations of the earth are full of the doctrine of Christ.