Joshua 4:6

Twelve Stones from the Jordan

5and said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,6to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’7you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”

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Berean Standard Bible
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
American Standard Version (1901)
that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
Bible in Basic English
So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?
Free Bible Version
This will be a memorial among you so when your children one day ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’
Geneva Bible 1599
That this may bee a signe among you, that whe your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane you by these stones?
King James (Authorized) Version
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?
Translation for Translators
Then pile them up to be a memorial for you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’,
Unlocked Literal Bible
This will be a sign in your midst for you when your children ask in days to come, 'What do these stones mean to you?'
Noah Webster Bible
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?
World English Bible
that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in the future, saying, ‘What do you mean by these stones?’
Young's Literal Translation
so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What [are] these stones to you?