Exodus 12:26
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
KJV
Et cum dixerint vobis filii vestri : Quæ est ista religio ?
Vulgate
καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν λέγωσιν πρὸς ὑμᾶς υἱοὶ ὑμῶν Τίς ἡ λατρία αὕτη;
LXX
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
ASV
וְ/הָיָ֕ה כִּֽי יֹאמְר֥וּ אֲלֵי/כֶ֖ם בְּנֵי/כֶ֑ם מָ֛ה הָ/עֲבֹדָ֥ה הַ/זֹּ֖את לָ/כֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
עֲבֹדָ֖ה
'bdh
noun · 145×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 6:7 — And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
- Deut 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?
- Deut 32:7 — Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
- 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 13:8 — And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
- 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:
- Isa 38:19 — The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
- 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?
- Ps 78:3 — Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
- Ps 78:4 — We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
- Ps 111:4 — He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
- Ps 145:4 — One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
- Ps 145:4 — One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.