Joshua 4:22

Contemporary English Version

Tell them, "The Lord our God dried up the Jordan River so we could walk across. He did the same thing here for us that he did for our people at the Red Sea,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
you should tell your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’

Hebrew Names Version
Then you shall let your children know, saying, Yisra'el came over this Yarden on dry land.

King James Version
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

Lexham English Bible
you will let your children know by saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.'

English Standard Version
then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.'

New Century Version
Tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry land.

New English Translation
explain to your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.'

Amplified Bible
then you shall let your children know, 'Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.'

New American Standard Bible
then you shall inform your children, saying, 'Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then ye shall shew your children, and say, Israel came ouer this Iorden on dry land:

Legacy Standard Bible
then you shall make your children know, saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on dry land.'

Complete Jewish Bible
you are to explain it to them by saying, ‘Isra'el came over this Yarden on dry land.

Darby Translation
then ye shall let your children know, saying, On dry land did Israel come over this Jordan;

Easy-to-Read Version
Tell them, ‘These rocks help us remember the way the people of Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry land.'

George Lamsa Translation
Then you shall explain them to your children, and say to them, The children of Israel crossed this Jordan on dry land.

Good News Translation
you will tell them about the time when Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.

Literal Translation
Then you shall make your sons know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye shall tell the, & saye: Israel wete drye thorow Iordane,

American Standard Version
then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

Bible in Basic English
Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over this river Jordan on dry land.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye shall shewe your chyldren, and say: Israel came ouer this Iordane on drye lande.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
then ye shall let your children know, saying: Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

King James Version (1611)
Then yee shall let your children know, saying, Israel came ouer this Iordan on dry land.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Tell your sons, that Israel went over this Jordan on dry land,

English Revised Version
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

Berean Standard Bible
you are to tell them, 'Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
ye schulen teche hem, and ye schulen seie, We passiden this Jordan bi the drie botme,

Young's Literal Translation
then ye have caused your sons to know, saying, On dry land Israel passed over this Jordan;

Update Bible Version
Then you shall let your sons know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

World English Bible
Then you shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

New King James Version
then you shall let your children know, saying, "Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land';

New Living Translation
Then you can tell them, ‘This is where the Israelites crossed the Jordan on dry ground.'

New Life Bible
Then let your children know that Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.

New Revised Standard
then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel crossed over the Jordan here on dry ground.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
then shall ye let your sons know, saying, - On dry ground, came Israel over this Jordan;

Douay-Rheims Bible
You shall teach them, and say: Israel passed over this Jordan through the dry channel,

Revised Standard Version
then you shall let your children know, 'Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
then you shall inform your children, saying, 'Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.'

Contextual Overview

²⁰ The men who had carried the twelve rocks from the Jordan brought them to Joshua, and they made them into a monument. ²¹ Then Joshua told the people: Years from now your children will ask you why these rocks are here. ²²Tell them, "The Lord our God dried up the Jordan River so we could walk across. He did the same thing here for us that he did for our people at the Red Sea, ²⁴ because he wants everyone on earth to know how powerful he is. And he wants us to worship only him."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joshua 3:17, Exodus 14:29, Exodus 15:19, Psalms 66:5, Psalms 66:6, Isaiah 11:15, Isaiah 11:16, Isaiah 44:27, Isaiah 51:10, Revelation 16:12

Reciprocal: Psalms 90:16 - and Isaiah 38:19 - the father Joel 1:3 - General

Cross-References

Exodus 25:3
Here is a list of what you are to collect: Gold, silver, and bronze;

Deuteronomy 33:25
and have strong town gates with bronze and iron bolts. Your people will be powerful for as long as they live.

2 Chronicles 2:7
Send me a worker who can not only carve, but who can work with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as make brightly colored cloth. The person you send will work here in Judah and Jerusalem with the skilled workers that my father has already hired.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then ye shall let your children know,.... The meaning of the erection of these stones, acquaint them with the whole history, the meaning of which they are designed to perpetuate:

saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land; and if they should ask how that could possibly be done, or if they did not, they were to inform them by what means it was brought about, as follows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 4:22. Then ye shall let your children know — The necessity of an early religious education is inculcated through the whole oracles of God. The parents who neglect it have an awful account to give to the Judge of quick and dead.