Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Nations will come to your light, and kings before your dawn.

New American Standard Bible

Nations will 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.

Holman Bible

Nations will come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your radiance.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


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

Bible in Basic English

And nations will come to your light, and kings to your bright dawn.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

And the nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawning.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the heathen shall walk in thy light, and the kings in the brightness that is risen over thee.

NET Bible

Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

So shall nations come to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy dawning.

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

to thy light
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

and kings
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

to the brightness
נגהּ 
Nogahh 
Usage: 19

References

Context Readings

Zion Glorified

2 For look! Darkness will cover the earth and thick darkness is over the people, but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will appear over you. 3 Nations will come to your light, and kings before your dawn. 4 "Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather together, they come to you; your sons will come from far away, and your daughters will be carried on the hip."

Cross References

Isaiah 49:23

"Oh, yes! Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens will be your nursing mothers. They will bow to you with their faces to the ground, and lick the dust from your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.

Isaiah 45:14

This is what the LORD says: "The wealth of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, those Sabeans, men of great heights. They'll come over to you and will be yours; They'll trudge behind you coming over in chains, they'll bow down to you. They'll plead with you, "Surely God is in you; and there is no other God at all.'"

Revelation 21:24

The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.

Genesis 49:10

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor a ruler's staff from between his feet, until the one comes, who owns them both, and to him will belong the allegiance of nations.

Psalm 2:10

Therefore, kings, act wisely! Earthly rulers, be warned!

Psalm 22:27

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD; all the families of the nations will bow in submission to the LORD.

Psalm 67:1-4

May God show us favor and bless us; may he truly show us his favor. Interlude

Psalm 68:29

Because of your Temple in Jerusalem, kings bring tribute to you.

Psalm 72:11

May all kings bow down to him, and all nations serve him.

Psalm 72:17-19

May his fame be eternal as long as the sun may his name endure, and may they be blessed through him, and may all nations call him blessed.

Psalm 98:2-3

The LORD has made his deliverance known; he has disclosed his justice before the nations.

Psalm 117:1-2

Praise the LORD, all you nations! Exalt him, all you nations!

Psalm 138:4

LORD, all the kings of the earth will give you thanks, for they have heard what you have spoken.

Isaiah 2:2-5

"It will come about in the last days that the mountain that is the LORD's Temple will be established as the highest of mountains, and will be raised above the hills; all the nations will stream to it.

Isaiah 11:10

At that time, as to the root of Jesse, who will be standing as a banner for the nations, the nations will rally to him, and his resting place is glorious.

Isaiah 19:23-25

At that time, there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will come into Egypt, and the Egyptians into Assyria, and they will worship with the Assyrians.

Isaiah 49:6-7

he says: "It is too small a thing for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Israel and bring back those of Jacob I have preserved. I'll also make you as a light to the nations, to be my salvation to the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 49:12

"Watch! They'll come from far away some from the north and from the west, and others from the region of China."

Isaiah 54:1-3

"Sing, you barren woman, even the one who never bore a child! Burst into song and shout for joy, even you who were never in labor! For the children of the desolate woman will be more than the children of her that is married," says the LORD.

Isaiah 60:10

"Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in my anger I struck you down, in my favor I have shown you mercy.

Isaiah 60:16

You'll suck the milk of nations, You'll suck the breasts of kings. Then you will realize that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Isaiah 66:12

This is what the LORD says: "See, I will extend prosperity to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; and you will nurse, and you will be carried on her hip, and bounced upon her knees.

Isaiah 66:19-20

"I will put up signs among them, and from them I will send survivors to the nations to Tarshish, Libya, and Lydia, (who draw the bow), to Tubal and Greece, to the far off coastlands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. Then they will proclaim my glory among the nations.

Amos 9:12

so my people may inherit the remnant of Edom and all of the nations that bear my name," declares the LORD who is bringing this about.

Micah 4:1-2

"But in the last days it will come about that the Temple Mount of the LORD will be firmly set as the leading mountain. It will be exalted above its surrounding hills, and people will stream toward it.

Zechariah 2:11

"Many nations will cling to the LORD at that time and will become my people. I will live in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has sent me to you.

Zechariah 8:20-23

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "In the future, people will come, including residents of many cities,

Matthew 2:1-11

After Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judea during the reign of King Herod, wise men arrived in Jerusalem from the east

Matthew 28:19

Therefore, as you go, disciple people in all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

Luke 24:47

and then repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

John 12:20-21

Now some Greeks were among those who had come up to worship at the festival.

John 12:32

As for me, if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself."

Acts 13:47

For that is what the Lord ordered us to do: "I have made you a light to the gentiles to be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth.'"

Acts 15:17

so that the rest of the people may search for the Lord, including all the gentiles who are called by my name,' declares the Lord. "He is the one who has been doing these things

Romans 11:11-15

And so I ask, "They have not stumbled so as to fall, have they?" Of course not! On the contrary, because of their stumbling, salvation has come to the gentiles to make the Jews jealous.

Romans 15:9-12

so that the gentiles may glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "That is why I will praise you among the gentiles; I will sing praises to your name."

Revelation 11:15

When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The world's kingdom has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever."

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