Joshua 4:6
“That this may be a signe among you, that when your children aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane you by these stones?”
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Joshua 4:6 Context
4Then Ioshua called the twelue men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of euery tribe a man: 5And Ioshua said vnto them, Passe ouer before the Arke of the Lord your God into the mids of Iordan, and take ye vp euery man of you a stone vpon his shoulder, according vnto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: 6That this may be a signe among you, that when your children aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane you by these stones? 7Then yee shall answere them, That the waters of Iordan were cut off before the Arke of the Couenant of the Lord, when it passed ouer Iordan, the waters of Iordan were cut off: and these stones shall bee for a memoriall vnto the children of Israel for euer. 8And the children of Israel did so as Ioshua commanded, and tooke vp twelue stones out of the midst of Iordan, as the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and caried them ouer with them, vnto the place where they lodged, and laid them downe there.
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Other Translations for Joshua 4:6
That this may be a sign among you, [that] when your children ask [their fathers] in time to come, saying, What [mean] ye by these stones?
- King James Version
"Let this be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, 'What do these stones mean to you?'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
- American Standard Version (1901)
So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?
- Basic English Bible
that this may be a sign in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
- Darby Bible
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
- Webster's Bible
that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, 'What do you mean by these stones?'
- World English Bible
so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What [are] these stones to you?
- Youngs Literal Bible
that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying: What mean ye by these stones?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Joshua 4:6
4:6 A sign - A monument or memorial of this day's work.