Joshua 4:21
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.
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:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
- 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?
- 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?’
- ASV
- 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?
- DARBY
- And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What [mean] these stones?
- BLB
- And he spoke to the sons of Israel, saying, “When your⁺ sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, ‘What [are] these stones?’
- ÅB
- Og han sa til Israels barn: Når deres barn i fremtiden spør sine fedre: Hva er dette for steiner?
- OTB
- Han talte til israelittene: "I fremtiden, når deres etterkommere spør sine fedre: 'Hva betyr disse steinene?'
- B1930
- Og han sa til Israels barn: Når eders barn i fremtiden spør sine fedre: Hvad er dette for stener?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 4:6
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?
Read in contextPsalms 145:4–7
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Read in contextPsalms 105:2–5
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
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