Joshua 4:6
Joshua 4:4-7 The Message (MSG)
Joshua called out the twelve men whom he selected from the People of Israel, one man from each tribe. Joshua directed them, “Cross to the middle of the Jordan and take your place in front of the Chest of GOD, your God. Each of you heft a stone to your shoulder, a stone for each of the tribes of the People of Israel, so you’ll have something later to mark the occasion. When your children ask you, ‘What are these stones to you?’ you’ll say, ‘The flow of the Jordan was stopped in front of the Chest of the Covenant of GOD as it crossed the Jordan—stopped in its tracks. These stones are a permanent memorial for the People of Israel.’”
Joshua 4:6 King James Version (KJV)
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?
Joshua 4:6 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Let this be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
Joshua 4:6 New Century Version (NCV)
They will be a sign among you. In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?’
Joshua 4:6 American Standard Version (ASV)
that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
Joshua 4:6 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, “What do these stones mean?”
Joshua 4:6 New King James Version (NKJV)
that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
Joshua 4:6 Amplified Bible (AMP)
so that this may be a sign among you; when your children ask later, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
Joshua 4:6 New Living Translation (NLT)
We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’