Joshua 4:21
World English Bible (WEB)
He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’
In context
19 The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
20 Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, in Gilgal.
21 He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’
22 Then you 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 the Jordan from before you until you had crossed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had crossed over,
Joshua 4:21 in every translation
- 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?’
- 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?
- 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?