Joshua 4:21
“And he spake vnto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shal aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane these stones?”
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Joshua 4:21 Context
19¶ And the people came vp out of Iordan on the tenth day of the first moneth, and encamped in Gilgal, in the East border of Iericho. 20And those twelue stones which they tooke out of Iordan, did Ioshua pitch in Gilgal. 21And he spake vnto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shal aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane these stones? 22Then yee shall let your children know, saying, Israel came ouer this Iordan on dry land. 23For the Lord your God dried vp the waters of Iordan from before you, vntill yee were passed ouer, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which hee dried vp from before vs, vntill we were gone ouer:
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And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What [mean] these stones?
- King James Version
He said to the sons of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What are these stones?'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?
- Basic English Bible
And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What [mean] these stones?
- Darby Bible
And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
- Webster's Bible
He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean?'
- World English Bible
And he speaketh unto the sons of Israel, saying, `When your sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, What [are] these stones?
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying: 'When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying: What mean these stones?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible