Joshua 22:24
And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
KJV
et non ea magis cogitatione atque tractatu, ut diceremus : Cras dicent filii vestri filiis nostris : Quid vobis et Domino Deo Israël ?
Vulgate
ἀλλ’ ἕνεκεν εὐλαβείας ῥήματος ἐποιήσαμεν τοῦτο λέγοντες Ἵνα μὴ εἴπωσιν αὔριον τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν τοῖς τέκνοις ἡμῶν Τί ὑμῖν Κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ Ἰσραήλ;
LXX
and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel?
ASV
וְ/אִם לֹ֤א מִ/דְּאָגָה֙ מִ/דָּבָ֔ר עָשִׂ֥ינוּ אֶת זֹ֖את לֵ/אמֹ֑ר מָחָ֗ר יֹאמְר֨וּ בְנֵי/כֶ֤ם לְ/בָנֵ֨י/נוּ֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר מַה לָּ/כֶ֕ם וְ/לַֽ/יהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 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?