Joshua 4:21

Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English 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?’

American Standard Version

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

And he spake vnto ye childre of Israel, saying, When your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, and say, What meane these stones?

Darby Translation

And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What [mean] these stones?

Young's Literal Translation

And he speaketh unto the sons of Israel, saying, 'When your sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, What [are] these stones?

Bible in Basic English

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?

In context

20And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

22you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’

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