Joshua 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?In other versions
that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
ASV
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?
BBE
that this may be a sign in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
DBY
that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, What do you mean by these stones?
WEB
so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What `are' these stones to you?
YLT
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean all of you by these stones?
ENG
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?
WBT
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
BSB
In context
4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
5And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
6That 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?
7Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
8And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.