To the overseer for the sons of Korah: of instruction. O God, with our ears we heard; our fathers recounted to us the work thou didst in their days, in days of old.
Joshua 4:6 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 So that this shall be a sign in the midst of you, when your sons shall ask to-morrow, saying, What these stones to you? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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?' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That it may be a sign among you: and when your children shall ask you to-morrow, saying: What mean these stones? |
To the overseer for the sons of Korah: of instruction. O God, with our ears we heard; our fathers recounted to us the work thou didst in their days, in days of old.
And also even to old age and grayness, O God, thou wilt not forsake me; till I shall announce thine arm to the generation, thy strength to every one who shall come:
And this day shall be to you for a remembrance; and ye kept it a festival to Jehovah for your generations: ye shall keep a festival a law forever.
And it was when thy son shall ask thee to-morrow, saying, What this? and thou saidst to him, With strength of hand Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt from the house of servants.
And it was to thee for a sign upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes; so that the law of Jehovah shall be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand Jehovah brought thee forth out of Egypt.
Speak thou to the sons of Israel, saying, Verily my Sabbaths shall ye watch: for it is a sign between me and between you for your generations, to know that I am Jehovah consecrating you.
The living; the living, he shall praise thee, as from me this day the father to the sons shall make known for thy truth.
Instead of the thorn-hedge shall come up the cypress; of the briar shall come up the myrtle: and it was to Jehovah for a name for an eternal sigh; it shall not be cut off.
And also my Sabbaths I gave to them to be for a sign between me and between them, to know that I am Jehovah consecrating them.
And consecrate my Sabbaths; and they were for a sign between me and between you to know that I am Jehovah your God.
The censers of these sinners against their souls, and they made them beaten plates, a covering for the altar: for they brought them before Jehovah, and they will be consecrated: and they will be for a sign to the sons of Israel.
For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all afar off, as many as the Lord our God should call.
And teach them to your sons to speak in them in thy resting in thy house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up
But this a witness between us and between you, and between our generations after us, to serve the service of Jehovah before him with our burnt-offerings and with our sacrifices and with our peace-offerings; and your sons shall not say, To-morrow, to our sons, not to you, a part in Jehovah.
And he will say to the sons of Israel, saying, When your sons shall ask their fathers to-morrow, saying, What these stones?
And Joshua will say to them, Pass ye over before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of Jordan, and lift up to you each one stone upon his shoulder according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel: