Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you. New Living Translation Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the LORD rises and appears over you. English Standard Version For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you. Berean Standard Bible For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you. King James Bible For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. New King James Version For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you. New American Standard Bible “For behold, darkness will cover the earth And deep darkness the peoples; But the LORD will rise upon you And His glory will appear upon you. NASB 1995 “For behold, darkness will cover the earth And deep darkness the peoples; But the LORD will rise upon you And His glory will appear upon you. NASB 1977 “For behold, darkness will cover the earth, And deep darkness the peoples; But the LORD will rise upon you, And His glory will appear upon you. Legacy Standard Bible For behold, darkness will cover the earth And dense gloom the peoples; But Yahweh will rise upon you, And His glory will appear upon you. Amplified Bible “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. Christian Standard Bible For look, darkness will cover the earth, and total darkness the peoples; but the LORD will shine over you, and his glory will appear over you. Holman Christian Standard Bible For look, darkness covers the earth, and total darkness the peoples; but the LORD will shine over you, and His glory will appear over you. American Standard Version For, 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because behold, darkness covers the Earth, and thick darkness the peoples, and LORD JEHOVAH shall rise upon you, and his glory shall appear upon you! Brenton Septuagint Translation Behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and there shall be gross darkness on the nations: but the Lords shall appear upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. Contemporary English Version The earth and its people are covered with darkness, but the glory of the LORD is shining upon you. Douay-Rheims Bible For behold darkness shall cover the earth, and a mist the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. English Revised Version For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation Darkness now covers the earth, and thick darkness covers the nations. But the LORD dawns, and his glory appears over you. Good News Translation Other nations will be covered by darkness, But on you the light of the LORD will shine; The brightness of his presence will be with you. International Standard Version 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. JPS Tanakh 1917 For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, And gross darkness the peoples; But upon thee the LORD will arise, And His glory shall be seen upon thee. Literal Standard Version For behold, the darkness covers the earth, | And thick darkness the peoples, | And YHWH rises on you, | And His glory is seen on you. Majority Standard Bible For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you. New American Bible Though darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds, the peoples, Upon you the LORD will dawn, and over you his glory will be seen. NET Bible For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the LORD shines on you; his splendor appears over you. New Revised Standard Version For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will appear over you. New Heart English Bible For, look, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you. Webster's Bible Translation For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD will arise upon thee, and his glory will be seen upon thee. World English Bible For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you. Young's Literal Translation For, lo, the darkness doth cover the earth, And thick darkness the peoples, And on thee rise doth Jehovah, And His honour on thee is seen. Additional Translations ... Context Future Glory for Zion1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. 2For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you. 3Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.… Cross References Colossians 1:13 He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, Psalm 102:16 For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory. Isaiah 2:5 Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD. Isaiah 4:5 Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy, Isaiah 58:10 and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday. Isaiah 66:11 so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance. Jeremiah 13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness. Treasury of Scripture For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you. the darkness Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Matthew 23:19,24 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? … John 8:55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. the Lord Leviticus 9:23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. Numbers 16:19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. 1 Kings 8:11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD. Jump to Previous Appear Appears Arise Blackest Cover Covers Dark Darkness Deep Earth Glory Gross Honour Night Peoples Rise Rises Shining Thick VeiledJump to Next Appear Appears Arise Blackest Cover Covers Dark Darkness Deep Earth Glory Gross Honour Night Peoples Rise Rises Shining Thick VeiledIsaiah 60 1. The glory of the church in the abundant access of the Gentiles.15. And the great blessings after a short affliction (2) The darkness shall cover the earth . . .--The darkness which had shrouded Zion still spreads its veil over the heathen nations of the world, but they also are to share in the light which is to stream forth from the new Jerusalem. (Comp. Malachi 4:2; Psalm 84:11.)Verse 2. - For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth. As in Egypt a "thick darkness" covered the whole land at the word of Moses (Exodus 10:22), while still "the children of Israel had light in their dwellings," so now the world and "the nations' of the world lay in a deep obscurity, into which scarcely a ray of light penetrated, while on Israel there dawned a glory which streamed from the throne of God, and at once transfigured her, and gave her the appearance of an angel of the Most High. In the radiance of this light she was to stand up and show herself, and then great results would follow. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction behold, הִנֵּ֤ה (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! darkness הַחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ (ha·ḥō·šeḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness covers יְכַסֶּה־ (yə·ḵas·seh-) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover the earth, אֶ֔רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and thick darkness וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל (wa·‘ă·rā·p̄el) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6205: Cloud, heavy cloud [is over] the peoples; לְאֻמִּ֑ים (lə·’um·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3816: A community but the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel will rise יִזְרַ֣ח (yiz·raḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2224: To irradiate, to rise, to appear upon you, וְעָלַ֙יִךְ֙ (wə·‘ā·la·yiḵ) Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against and His glory וּכְבוֹד֖וֹ (ū·ḵə·ḇō·w·ḏōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness will appear יֵרָאֶֽה׃ (yê·rā·’eh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see over you. עָלַ֥יִךְ (‘ā·la·yiḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Links Isaiah 60:2 NIVIsaiah 60:2 NLT Isaiah 60:2 ESV Isaiah 60:2 NASB Isaiah 60:2 KJV Isaiah 60:2 BibleApps.com Isaiah 60:2 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 60:2 Chinese Bible Isaiah 60:2 French Bible Isaiah 60:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 60:2 For behold darkness shall cover the earth (Isa Isi Is) |
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