Deuteronomy 6:20
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
KJV
Cumque interrogaverit te filius tuus cras, dicens : Quid sibi volunt testimonia hæc, et cæremoniæ, atque judicia, quæ præcepit Dominus Deus noster nobis ?
Vulgate
Καὶ ἔσται ὅταν ἐρωτήσῃ σε ὁ υἱός σου αὔριον λέγων Τί ἐστιν τὰ μαρτύρια καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα καὶ τὰ κρίματα ὅσα ἐνετείλατο Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν ἡμῖν;
LXX
When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?
ASV
כִּֽי יִשְׁאָלְ/ךָ֥ בִנְ/ךָ֛ מָחָ֖ר לֵ/אמֹ֑ר מָ֣ה הָ/עֵדֹ֗ת וְ/הַֽ/חֻקִּים֙ וְ/הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖י/נוּ אֶתְ/כֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eph 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
- Exod 10:2 — And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
- Exod 12:26 — And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
- Exod 13:14 — And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
- Exod 13:14 — And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
- Exod 21:1 — Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
- Josh 4:6 — 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?
- Josh 4:6 — 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?
- Josh 4:21 — 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?
- Ps 44:1 — We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.