Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers tomorrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones? When your Joshua 4:6 That it may be a sign among you: and when your children shall ask you tomorrow, saying: What means these stones? Psalm 105:2-5 Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works. . . . Psalm 145:4-7 Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power. . . . in time to come [hb] to-morrow Context The Camp at Gilgal…20And the twelve stones, which they had taken out of the channel of the Jordan, Joshua pitched in Galgal, 21And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers tomorrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?22You shall teach them, and say: Israel passed over this Jordan through the dry channel,… Cross References Exodus 13:14 And when thy son shall ask thee to morrow, saying: What is this? thou shalt answer him: With a strong hand did the Lord bring us forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Joshua 4:6 That it may be a sign among you: and when your children shall ask you tomorrow, saying: What means these stones? Joshua 4:20 And the twelve stones, which they had taken out of the channel of the Jordan, Joshua pitched in Galgal, Joshua 4:22 You shall teach them, and say: Israel passed over this Jordan through the dry channel, Lexicon Then [Joshua] saidוַיֹּ֛אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the Israelites, בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son “In the future, מָחָר֙ (mā·ḥār) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 4279: Deferred, the morrow, tomorrow, hereafter when אֲשֶׁר֩ (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that your children בְּנֵיכֶ֤ם (bə·nê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son ask יִשְׁאָל֨וּן (yiš·’ā·lūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's Hebrew 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand their fathers, אֲבוֹתָ֣ם (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1: Father ‘What מָ֖ה (māh) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what is the meaning of these הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those stones?’ הָאֲבָנִ֥ים (hā·’ă·ḇā·nîm) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone Additional Translations Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’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? 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? saying, When your sons ask you, saying, What are these stones? And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What [mean] these stones? 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? 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? He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean?' And he speaketh unto the sons of Israel, saying, 'When your sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, What are these stones? Jump to Previous Children Descendants Hereafter Israel Israelites Mean Speaketh Stones Time WhatJump to Next Children Descendants Hereafter Israel Israelites Mean Speaketh Stones Time WhatExternal Links Joshua 4:21 NIVJoshua 4:21 NLT Joshua 4:21 ESV Joshua 4:21 NASB Joshua 4:21 ASV Joshua 4:21 Bible Apps Joshua 4:21 Biblia Paralela Joshua 4:21 Chinese Bible Joshua 4:21 French Bible Joshua 4:21 German Bible Alphabetical: are ask children come descendants do fathers future He In Israel Israelites mean' of said saying sons stones stones' the their these time to What when your OT History: Joshua 4:21 He spoke to the children of Israel (Josh. Jos) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |