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Isaiah 60:8

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

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מִיmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.אֵ֖לֶּהelehtheseאֵלֶּהpronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).כָּעָ֣בkaavas cloudעָבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “as cloud”, the ordinary formH5645properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copseclay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).תְּעוּפֶ֑ינָהteufeynahflyעוּףverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “fly”, an unfinished actionH5774to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), [idiom] set, shine forth, weary.וְכַיּוֹנִ֖יםvekhayonimand as doveיוֹנָהconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and as dove”, the ordinary formH3123a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)dove, pigeon.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).אֲרֻבֹּתֵיהֶֽםaruboteyhemchimneyאֲרֻבָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “chimney”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH699a lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)chimney, window.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Who [are] these — as a thick cloud they fly, And as doves unto their windows?

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

Who are these that come flying as a cloud, and as doves to their dove-cotes?

Douay-Rheims

Who are these, that fly as clouds, and as doves to their windows?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Who are these that fly as clouds, and as doves with young ones to me?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τίνες οἵδε, ὡς νεφέλαι πέτονται, καὶ ὡσεὶ περιστεραὶ σὺν νοσσοῖς ἐπʼ ἐμέ;