26And when your children shall say to you: What is the meaning of this service?


In Context

23 For the Lord will pass through striking the Egyptians: and when he shall see the blood on the transom, and on both the posts, he will pass over the door of the house, and not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and to hurt you.

24 Thou shalt keep this thing as a law for thee and thy children for ever.

25 And when you have entered into the land which the Lord will give you as he hath promised, you shall observe these ceremonies.

26 And when your children shall say to you: What is the meaning of this service?

27 You shall say to them: It is the victim of the passage of the Lord, when he passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, striking the Egyptians, and saving our houses. And the people bowing themselves, adored.

28 And the children of Israel going forth did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 12:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And when your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?'

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean ye by this service?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean you by this service?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:26It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:26and it hath come to pass when your sons say unto you, What is this service ye have?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean you by this service?