Joshua 4:21

21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’

Joshua 4:21 in Other Translations

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?

21 And he said to the people of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in times to come, 'What do these stones mean?'

21 Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future your children will ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’

21 And then he told the People of Israel, "In the days to come, when your children ask their fathers, 'What are these stones doing here?'

21 and he said to the Israelites, "When your children ask their fathers in the future, 'What is the meaning of these stones?'

Joshua 4:21 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 4:21

And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying
At the same time he set up the stones:

when you children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying,
What [mean] these stones? (See Gill on Joshua 4:6).

Joshua 4:21 In-Context

19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan.

21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’

22 tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’

23 For the LORD your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The LORD your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 6