Joshua 4:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ so that this shall be a sign in your midst when your children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ That this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, What do these stones mean to you?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

Common English Bible

⁶ This will be a symbol among you. In the future your children may ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ so that it may be a sign among you. And when your sons will ask you, tomorrow, saying, 'What do these stones mean to you?'

Joshua 4:6 Cross References

Psalm 44:1

O Elohim, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have related to us, The work You did in their days, In the days of old.

Psalm 71:18

And also when I am old and grey, O Elohim, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to a generation, Your might to all those who are to come.

Exodus 12:14

‘And this day shall become to you a remembrance. And you shall observe it as a festival to יהוה  throughout your generations – observe it as a festival, an everlasting law.

Exodus 13:14

“And it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘By strength of hand יהוה  brought us out of Mitsrayim, out of the house of bondage.

Exodus 13:9

“And it shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a reminder between your eyes, that the Torah of יהוה  is to be in your mouth, for with a strong hand יהוה  has brought you out of Mitsrayim.

Exodus 31:13

“And you, speak to the children of Yisra’ĕ

Isaiah 38:19

“The living, the living – he is praising You, as I do this day. A father makes known Your truth to his children.

Isaiah 55:13

“Instead of the thorn the cypress comes up, and instead of the nettle the myrtle comes up. And it shall be to יהוה  for a name, for an everlasting sign which is not cut off.”

Ezekiel 20:12

“And I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, to know that I am יהוה  who sets them apart.

Ezekiel 20:20

‘And set apart My Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, to know that I am יהוה  your Elohim.’

Numbers 16:38

“The fire holders of these men who sinned against their own lives, let them be made into beaten plates as a covering for the altar. Because they brought them before יהוה, therefore they are set-apart. And let them become a sign to the children of Yisra’ĕ

Acts 2:39

“For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, as many as יהוה  our Elohim shall call.”

Deuteronomy 11:19

‘And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up,

Joshua 22:27

but to be a witness between you and us and our generations after us, to do the service of יהוה  before Him with our burnt offerings, with our slaughterings, and with our peace offerings, that your sons should not say to our sons in time to come, “You have no portion with יהוה.” ’

Joshua 4:21

And he said to the children of Yisra’ĕ

Joshua 4:5

and Yehoshua said to them, “Pass over before the ark of יהוה  your Elohim into the midst of the Yardĕ