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Joshua 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?

KJV

et dixit ad filios Israël : Quando interrogaverint filii vestri cras patres suos, et dixerint eis : Quid sibi volunt lapides isti ?

Vulgate

λέγων Ὅταν ἐρωτῶσιν ὑμᾶς οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν λέγοντες Τί εἰσιν οἱ λίθοι οὗτοι;

LXX

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?

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר אֶל בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵ/אמֹ֑ר אֲשֶׁר֩ יִשְׁאָל֨וּ/ן בְּנֵי/כֶ֤ם מָחָר֙ אֶת אֲבוֹתָ֣/ם לֵ/אמֹ֔ר מָ֖ה הָ/אֲבָנִ֥ים הָ/אֵֽלֶּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יִּשְׁאַ֤ל
ysh'l
verb · 176×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מָחָר֙
mchr
noun · 52×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 4:9 — Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons,
  • 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?
  • Eph 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
  • 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.
  • Joel 1:3 — Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
  • 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?
  • 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.