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Joshua 4:21

He said to the sons of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, 'What do these stones mean?'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gilgal;   Instruction;   Stones;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jordan, the River;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Family;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Pilgrimage;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jericho;   Joshua;   Quarry;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jordan ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
And he said to the people of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?'
Update Bible Version
And he spoke to the sons of Israel, saying, When your sons shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean?
English Revised 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?
New Century Version
Then he spoke to the Israelites: "In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?'
New English Translation
He told the Israelites, "When your children someday ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones represent?'
Webster's Bible Translation
And he spoke to 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 shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to the sones of Israel, Whanne youre sones schulen axe to morewe her fadris, and schulen seie to hem, What wolen these stoonys `to hem silf?
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?
Berean Standard Bible
Then Joshua said to the Israelites, "In the future, when your children ask their fathers, 'What is the meaning of these stones?'
Contemporary English Version
Then Joshua told the people: Years from now your children will ask you why these rocks are here.
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?
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?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he spake vnto the chyldren of Israel, saying: If your chyldren aske their fathers in tyme to come, and saye: What [meane] these stones?
Complete Jewish Bible
Then he said to the people of Isra'el, "In the future, when your children ask their fathers what these stones mean,
Darby Translation
And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What [mean] these stones?
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Joshua told the Israelites, "In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?'
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying: 'When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying: What mean these stones?
King James Version (1611)
And he spake vnto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shal aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane these stones?
New Life Bible
He said to the people of Israel, "Your children will ask their fathers some time in the future, ‘What do these stones mean?'
New Revised Standard
saying to the Israelites, "When your children ask their parents in time to come, ‘What do these stones mean?'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake he unto the sons of Israel, saying, - When your sons shall ask, in time to come, of their fathers, saying, - What mean these stones?
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he spake vnto ye childre of Israel, saying, When your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, & say, What meane these stones?
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to the children of Israel, When your children shall ask you in time to come, saying, What is the meaning of these stones?
Good News Translation
And he said to the people of Israel, "In the future, when your children ask you what these stones mean,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers tomorrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?
Revised Standard Version
And he said to the people of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, 'What do these stones mean?'
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
saying, When your sons ask you, saying, What are these stones?
Christian Standard Bible®
and he said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
Hebrew Names Version
He spoke to the children of Yisra'el, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
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?
Lexham English Bible
And he said to the Israelites, "When your children ask in the future their parents, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?'
Literal Translation
And he spoke to the sons of Israel, saying, When your sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, What do these stones mean ?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& saide vnto the children of Israel: Whan youre children are their fathers herafter, & saie: What meane these stones?
New American Standard Bible
And he said to the sons of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What are these stones?'
New King James Version
Then he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, "What are these stones?'
New Living Translation
Then Joshua said to the Israelites, "In the future your children will ask, ‘What do these stones mean?'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said to the sons of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What are these stones?'
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he said to the sons of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?'

Contextual Overview

20And those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal. 21He said to the sons of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, 'What do these stones mean?'22then you shall let your children know, 'Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.' 23"For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you crossed over, just as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed; 24so that all the peoples of the earth may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that the hand of the LORD is mighty and extraordinarily powerful, so that you will fear the LORD your God [and obey and worship Him with profound awe and reverence] forever."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

When your: Joshua 4:6, Psalms 105:2-5, Psalms 145:4-7

in time to come: Heb. to-morrow

Reciprocal: Exodus 12:26 - your children Exodus 13:14 - thy son Deuteronomy 4:9 - teach them Deuteronomy 6:20 - when thy son Psalms 78:4 - showing Psalms 111:4 - He hath Isaiah 19:20 - for a Isaiah 38:19 - the father Ezekiel 17:12 - Know Joel 1:3 - General Ephesians 6:4 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 4:11
"And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's [shed] blood from your hand.
Genesis 4:12
"When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast]."
Genesis 31:27
"Why did you run away secretly and deceive me and not tell me, so that [otherwise] I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with [music on the] tambourine and lyre?
Job 21:12
"They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
Isaiah 5:12
They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute, and wine at their feasts; But they do not regard nor even pay attention to the deeds of the LORD, Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
Amos 6:5
Who improvise to the sound of the harp— Like David they have composed songs for themselves—

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying,.... At the same time he set up the stones:

when you children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying,

What [mean] these stones? :-.


 
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