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?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsthat this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What are these stones to you?
that this may be a sign in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJoshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.
- Author
- Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
- Date
- Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period