Verse Comparison: Joshua 4:6
American Standard Version
that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
Amplified® Bible
That this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, What do these stones mean to you?
Contemporary English Version
Someday your children will ask, "Why are these rocks here?" Then you can tell them how the water stopped flowing when the chest was being carried across the river. These rocks will always remind our people of what happened here today.
Darby English Version
that this may be a sign in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
Good News Bible
These stones will remind the people of what the LORD has done. In the future, when your children ask what these stones mean to you,
King 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?
New American Standard Bible
"Let this be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, `What do these stones mean to you?'
New International Version
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, 'What do these stones mean?'
New King James Version
that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Let you acknowledge this as a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, 'What do these stones mean to you?'
Revised 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?'
Young's Literal Translation
so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What `are' these stones to you?