Joshua 4:21 — Bible Verse (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?”
Joshua 4:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Joshua 4:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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Joshua 4:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’”
Joshua 4:21 — World English Bible
Joshua 4:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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? ”
Joshua 4:21 — American Standard Version
Joshua 4:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And he speaketh unto the sons of Israel, saying, `When your sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, What <FI>are<Fi> these stones?”
Joshua 4:21 — Young's Literal Translation
Joshua 4:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What [mean] these stones? ”
Joshua 4:21 — Darby Translation
Joshua 4:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he spake vnto ye childre of Israel, saying, When your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, and say, What meane these stones?”
Joshua 4:21 — Geneva Bible
Joshua 4:21 in Context — Joshua 4
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.
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 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:
What Does Joshua 4:21 Mean?
Joshua 4:21 is a verse from the Book of Joshua, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Joshua chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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