Isaiah 60:8

Isaiah 60:8

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

a. NLT: “And what do I see flying like clouds to Israel, like doves to their nests?

b. NIV: “Who are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests?

c. YLT:  Who are these -- as a thick cloud they fly, And as doves unto their windows?

d. Amplified Bible Classic: Who are these who fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows?

e. Septuagint: Who are these [that] fly as clouds, and as doves with young ones to me?

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: ‘Who are these, who fly like a cloud, like doves to their cote-windows?’

1. “Who are these that fly as a cloud…”

a. Who [Strong: 4310 miy me an interrogative pronoun of persons, as 4100 is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix:--any (man), X he, X him, + O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), + would to God.]

b. are these [Strong: 428 'el-leh ale'-leh prolonged from 411; these or those:--an- (the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).]

c. that fly [Strong: 5774 `uwph oof a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from 5775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning):--brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), X set, shine forth, weary.]

d. as a cloud [Strong: 5645 `ab awb (masculine and feminine); from 5743; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chron. 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse:--clay, (thick) cloud, X thick, thicket.]

2. “…and as the doves to their windows?”      

a. [and as the] doves [Strong: 3123 yownah yo-naw' probably from the same as 3196; a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating):--dove, pigeon.]

b. to [Strong: 413 'el ale (but only used in the shortened constructive form sel {el}); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to:--about, according to ,after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, X hath, in(- to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).]

c. their windows [Strong: 699 'arubbah ar-oob-baw' feminine participle passive of 693 (as if for lurking); a lattice; (by implication) a window, dove-cot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water):--chimney, window.]