Joshua 4:21
Good News Translation
And he said to the people of Israel, "In the future, when your children ask you what these stones mean,

New Revised Standard Version
saying to the Israelites, “When your children ask their parents in time to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’

Contemporary English Version
Then Joshua told the people: Years from now your children will ask you why these rocks are here.

New American Bible
saying to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’

Douay-Rheims Bible
And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers tomorrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

When your

Joshua 4:6 That it may be a sign among you: and when your children shall ask you tomorrow, saying: What means these stones?

Psalm 105:2-5 Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works. . . .

Psalm 145:4-7 Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power. . . .

in time to come [hb] to-morrow

Context
The Camp at Gilgal
20And the twelve stones, which they had taken out of the channel of the Jordan, Joshua pitched in Galgal, 21And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers tomorrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?22You shall teach them, and say: Israel passed over this Jordan through the dry channel,…
Cross References
Exodus 13:14
And when thy son shall ask thee to morrow, saying: What is this? thou shalt answer him: With a strong hand did the Lord bring us forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Joshua 4:6
That it may be a sign among you: and when your children shall ask you tomorrow, saying: What means these stones?

Joshua 4:20
And the twelve stones, which they had taken out of the channel of the Jordan, Joshua pitched in Galgal,

Joshua 4:22
You shall teach them, and say: Israel passed over this Jordan through the dry channel,

Joshua 4:20
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