Devine Scripture

Joshua 4:5

Joshua chapter 4 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Context

v.4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

v.5This passage

v.6that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?