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 Le peuple sortit du Jourdain le dixième jour du premier mois, et il campa à Guilgal, à l’extrémité orientale de Jéricho.
20 Josué dressa à Guilgal les douze pierres qu’ils avaient prises du Jourdain.
21 Il dit aux enfants d’Israël: Lorsque vos enfants demanderont un jour à leurs pères: Que signifient ces pierres?
22 vous en instruirez vos enfants, et vous direz: Israël a passé ce Jourdain à sec.
23 Car l’Éternel, votre Dieu, a mis à sec devant vous les eaux du Jourdain jusqu’à ce que vous eussiez passé, comme l’Éternel, votre Dieu, l’avait fait à la mer Rouge, qu’il mit à sec devant nous jusqu’à ce que nous eussions passé,
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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