Joshua 4:21 - The Scriptures 2009

²¹ And he said to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And he said to the Israelites, When your children ask their fathers in time to come, What do these stones mean?

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ 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?

Common English Bible

²¹ He said to the Israelites, “In the future your children will ask their parents, ‘What about these stones?’

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And he said to the sons of Israel: "When your sons will question their fathers, tomorrow, and they will say to them, 'What do these stones mean to you?'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers, to-morrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?

Joshua 4:21 Cross References

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.

Joshua 4:20

And those twelve stones which they took out of the Yardĕn, Yehoshua set up in Gilgal.

Joshua 4:22

then you shall let your children know, saying, ‘Yisra’ĕl passed over this Yardĕn on dry land,’

Joshua 4:6

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?’