KJV King James Version
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
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Isaiah 60:1
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
WEB World English Bible
“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of Yahweh is risen on you.
ASV American Standard Version
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 60
1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
2 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.
3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
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.
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Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.Ephesians 5:8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:John 8:12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.Isaiah 52:1-2Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.Isaiah 60:19-20The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.Isaiah 58:8Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.John 12:46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.Matthew 5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.Malachi 4:2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.Luke 1:78-79Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,John 1:9[That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.1 Peter 4:14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.Revelation 22:5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.Matthew 4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.Philippians 2:15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;Isaiah 9:2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.Luke 2:32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.Revelation 21:23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb [is] the light thereof.
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