21And 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

18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests feet were lifted up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.

19 And 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 And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up 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 Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed over;

Joshua 4:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:21And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What [mean] these stones?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:21He said to the Israelites, "In the future when your descendants ask their fathers, 'What do these stones mean?'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:21And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers, to morrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:21And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What mean these stones?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:21And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:21And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:21He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, |When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean?'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:21And he speaketh unto the sons of Israel, saying, 'When your sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, What are these stones?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:21And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?