Joshua 4:21
King James Version (KJV)
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?
In context
19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
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?
22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
Joshua 4:21 in every translation
- KJV 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?
- WEB World English Bible
- He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’
- BSB 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?’
- ASV 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?
- YLT 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?
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What [mean] these stones?
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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?