Joshua 4:6 “to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘…”

Joshua 4:6

to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in the future, saying, ‘What do you mean by these stones?’

American Standard Version

that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

Geneva Bible 1599

That this may bee a signe among you, that whe your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane you by these stones?

Darby Translation

that this may be a sign in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

Young's Literal Translation

so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What [are] these stones to you?

Bible in Basic English

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?

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Cross references

“a sign”

Joshua 22:27 Isaiah 55:13 Exodus 12:14 Exodus 13:9 Exodus 31:13 Numbers 16:38

Joshua 22:27 · BSB

Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants c…

Isaiah 55:13 · BSB

Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”

Exodus 12:14 · BSB

And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

Exodus 13:9 · BSB

It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

Exodus 31:13 · BSB

“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

Numbers 16:38 · BSB

As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Isr…

“when your”

Exodus 13:14 Joshua 4:21 Psalm 44:1 Deuteronomy 11:19 Psalm 71:18 Psalm 78:3–8

Exodus 13:14 · BSB

In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Joshua 4:21 · BSB

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

Psalm 44:1 · BSB

We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

Deuteronomy 11:19 · BSB

Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Psalm 71:18 · BSB

Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

Psalm 78:3–8 · BSB

that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5and said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,

7you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”

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