Joshua 4:21 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

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 Byzantine Text

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?

Asang Khongca Bible

Anih mah nihcae khaeah, Israel kaminawk khaeah, Hmabang ah na caanawk mah ampanawk khaeah, Hae ih thlungnawk loe tih thuikoehhaih ih aa? tiah dueng o nahaeloe,

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Israel ca rhoek te khaw a voek tih, “Thangvuen ah na ca rhoek loh a napa rhoek te a dawt uh tih, 'Hekah lungto he bahamlae?,” a ti uh vaengah,

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Israel ca rhoek te khaw a voek tih, “Thangvuen ah na ca rhoek loh a napa rhoek te a dawt uh tih, 'Hekah lungto he bahamlae?,” a ti uh vaengah,

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Olelo mai la ia i na mamo a Iseraela, i mai la, I ka wa e ninau mai ai ka oukou poe keiki i ko lakou makuakane mahope aku nei, i ka i ana mai, He mea aha keia mau pohaku?

English Berean Standard Bible

Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Lè l' fini, li di moun pèp Izrayèl yo konsa: -Denmen, lè pitit nou yo va mande papa yo poukisa wòch sa yo la a,

Clementine Vulgate 1598

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

Bible in Basic English

And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et il parla aux fils d’Israël, disant : Lorsque dans l’avenir vos fils interrogeront leurs pères, disant : Que sont ces pierres ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

A mluvil k synům Izraelským takto: Když by se otázali potom synové vaši otců svých, řkouce: Co ti kamenové znamenají?

Kosraean Bible

Ac el fahk nu sin mwet Israel, “In pacl fahsru, tulik nutuwos fin siyuk suwos lah mea kalmen eot inge,

World Portuguese Bible

Ele falou aos filhos de Israel, dizendo: “Quando seus filhos perguntarem aos seus pais no futuro, dizendo: ‘O que significam estas pedras?’

Romanian BTF Bible

Și le-a vorbit copiilor lui Israel, spunând: Când copiii voștri vor întreba pe părinții lor în timpul care va veni, zicând: Ce înseamnă pietrele acestea?

Brenton English Septuagint

saying, When your sons ask you, saying, What are these stones?

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထိုနောက်သူသည်ဣသရေလအမျိုးသား တို့အား``နောင်အခါ၌သင်တို့၏သားသမီး တို့ကဤကျောက်တုံးများသည် မည်သည့် အဋ္ဌိပ္ပါယ်ကိုဆောင်ပါသနည်းဟူ၍သင် တို့အားမေးမြန်းကြလျှင်၊-

Darby Translation

And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What [mean] these stones?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und er sprach zu den Kindern Israel und sagte: Wenn eure Kinder künftig ihre Väter fragen und sprechen: Was bedeuten diese Steine? -

Dutch Bible 1917

En hij sprak tot de kinderen Israels, zeggende: Wanneer uw kinderen morgen hun vaderen vragen zullen, zeggende: Wat zijn deze stenen?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

terwijl hij tot de Israëlieten sprak: Als later uw zonen aan hun vaders vragen: “Wat hebben deze stenen te beduiden?”

Italian Diodati Bible

E disse a' figliuoli d'Israele in questa maniera: Quando i vostri figliuoli nel tempo a venire domanderanno i lor padri, dicendo: Che voglion dire queste pietre?

Douay-Rheims 1899

And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers, tomorrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?

Geneva Bible 1599

And he spake vnto ye childre of Israel, saying, When your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, and say, What meane these stones?

Danish Bible 1931

og han sagde til Israelitterne: “Når eders Børn i Fremtiden spørger deres Fædre: Hvad betyder disse Sten?

Leeser Tanakh

And he said unto the children of Israel, thus, When your children shall ask in time to come their fathers, saying, What mean these stones?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying: 'When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying: What mean these stones?

King James Version

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?

King James Version + Apocrypha

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?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Đoạn, người nói cùng dân Y-sơ-ra-ên rằng: Về sau, khi con cháu các ngươi hỏi cha mình rằng: Các hòn đá này có nghĩa gì?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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?

Revised West Version

Pea naʻa ne lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo pehē, “ʻOka fehuʻi ʻe hoʻomou fānau ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai ʻamui, ʻo pehē, Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ʻoe ngaahi maka ni?

French Ostervald Bible

Et il parla aux enfants d'Israël, en disant: Quand à l'avenir vos enfants interrogeront leurs pères, et diront: Que veulent dire ces pierres?

Esperanto Bible

Kaj li diris al la Izraelidoj jene: Se en la venonta tempo viaj filoj demandos siajn patrojn, dirante: Kion signifas ĉi tiuj ŝtonoj?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Il dit aux enfants d’Israël: Lorsque vos enfants demanderont un jour à leurs pères: Que signifient ces pierres?

German Luther Bible 1912

und sprach zu den Kinder Israel: Wenn eure Kinder hernach ihre Väter fragen werden und sagen: Was sollen diese Steine?

LXX2012 U. S. English

saying, When your sons ask you, saying, What are these stones?

British English Septuagint 2012

saying, When your sons ask you, saying, What are these stones?

Majority Standard BIble

Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’

Webster Bible

And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

He said to the Israelites, ‘When in the future your children ask what these stones mean,

Open English Bible (US)

He said to the Israelites, “When in the future your children ask what these stones mean,

Revised Version

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?

Italian Riveduta Bible

Poi parlò ai figliuoli d’Israele e disse loro: “Quando, in avvenire, i vostri figliuoli domanderanno ai loro padri: Che significano queste pietre?

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Il dit aux enfants d'Israël : « Lorsque vos enfants demanderont plus tard à leurs pères : ‹ Que signifient ces pierres ? ›

Reina Valera 1909

Y habló á los hijos de Israel, diciendo: Cuando mañana preguntaren vuestros hijos á sus padres, y dijeren: ¿Qué os significan estas piedras?

Spanish BLL

Y les habló a los hijos de Israel, diciendo: “Cuando sus hijos les pregunten el día de mañana a sus padres: ‘¿Qué significan estas piedras?’,

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y habló a los hijos de Israel, diciendo: “Cuando vuestros hijos pregunten mañana a sus padres: «¿Qué significan estas piedras?»,

Croatian Bible

Tada reče Izraelcima: “Ako potomci vaši upitaju jednoga dana svoje očeve: 'Što znači ovo kamenje?' -

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

i reče sinovima Izrailjevim govoreći: Kad u budućnosti zapitaju sinovi vaši oce svoje govoreći: Šta predstavlja to kamenje?

German Textbibel

und sprach zu den Israeliten also: Wenn eure Söhne künftig ihre Väter fragen und sprechen: Was bedeuten diese Steine?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

saying, When your sons ask you, saying, What are these stones?

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר אֲשֶׁר֩ יִשְׁאָל֨וּן בְּנֵיכֶ֤ם מָחָר֙ אֶת־אֲבוֹתָ֣ם לֵאמֹ֔ר מָ֖ה הָאֲבָנִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃