King James Version

Isaiah 60:3

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

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וְהָלְכ֥וּvehalekhvand walkהָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and walk”, a completed action in a sequenceH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…גוֹיִ֖םgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.לְאוֹרֵ֑ךְleorekheto brightאוֹרpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to bright”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.וּמְלָכִ֖יםumelakhimand kingמֶלֶךְconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.לְנֹ֥גַהּlenogahto brightנֹגַהּpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “to bright”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5051brilliancy (literally or figuratively)bright(-ness), light, (clear) shining.זַרְחֵֽךְzarchekherisingזֶרַחnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “rising”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2225a rising of lightrising.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And kings shall walk in thy light, and nations in thy brightness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ πορεύσονται βασιλεῖς τῷ φωτί σου, καὶ ἔθνη τῇ λαμπρότητί σου.