Joshua 4:6
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New International Version (©1984)
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, 'What do these stones mean?'

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Let this be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, 'What do these stones mean to you?'

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
This will be a sign for you. In the future your children will ask, 'What do these stones mean to you?'

King James Bible
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?

American King James Version
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean you by these stones?

American Standard Version
that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

Bible in Basic English
So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

Douay-Rheims Bible
That it may be a sign among you end when your children shall ask you to morrow, saying: What mean these stones?

Darby Bible Translation
that this may be a sign in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

English Revised Version
that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

Webster's Bible Translation
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?

World English Bible
that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, 'What do you mean by these stones?'

Young's Literal Translation
so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What are these stones to you?

Geneva Study Bible

That this may be a sign among you, that when your {c} children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

(c) God commands that not only we ourselves profit by this wonderful work, but that our posterity may know the cause of it, and glorify his Name.

Wesley's Notes

4:6 A sign - A monument or memorial of this day's work.

King James Translators' Notes

in time...: Heb. to morrow

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

6, 7. That this may be a sign among you-The erection of cairns, or huge piles of stones, as monuments of remarkable incidents has been common among all people, especially in the early and rude periods of their history. They are the established means of perpetuating the memory of important transactions, especially among the nomadic people of the East. Although there be no inscription engraved on them, the history and object of such simple monuments are traditionally preserved from age to age. Similar was the purpose contemplated by the conveyance of the twelve stones to Gilgal: it was that they might be a standing record to posterity of the miraculous passage of the Jordan.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

4:1-9 The works of the Lord are so worthy of rememberance, and the heart of man is so prone to forget them, that various methods are needful to refresh our memories, for the glory of God, our advantage, and that of our children. God gave orders for preparing this memorial.


Exodus 12:26 "And when your children say to you, 'What does this rite mean to you?'
Exodus 13:14 "And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' then you shall say to him, 'With a powerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
Joshua 4:21 He said to the sons of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What are these stones?' (NASB ©1995)

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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?

a sign Jos 22:27 Ex 12:14 13:9 31:13 Nu 16:38 Isa 55:13 Eze 20:12

when your Jos 4:21 Ex 12:26 13:14 De 6:20,21 11:19 Ps 44:1 71:18 78:3-8 Isa 38:19 Ac 2:39

in time to come [heb] to-morrow

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