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Joshua 4:6

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4:6The stones3 will be a reminder to you.4 When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’

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Footnotes

  1. 3 Heb “that this may be”; the referent of “this” (the twelve stones) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 4 Heb “in order that this might be a sign among you.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

so that this will be a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

NLTNew Living Translation

We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

so that this may be a reminder among you. When your children ask in the future, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

KJV 1900King James 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?