Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?

New American Standard Bible

When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which the Lord our God commanded you?’

King James Version

And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?

Holman Bible

“When your son asks you in the future, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees, statutes, and ordinances, which the Lord our God has commanded you?’

International Standard Version

"When your son asks you in the future, "What is the meaning of the instructions, decrees, and ordinances that the LORD our God commanded you?'

A Conservative Version

When thy son asks thee in time to come, saying, What is the meaning of the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which LORD our God has commanded you?

Amplified

“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and statutes and judgments (precepts) which the Lord our God has commanded you?’

Bible in Basic English

And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

Darby Translation

When thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?

Julia Smith Translation

When thy son shall ask thee tomorrow, saying, What the testimonies and the laws and the judgments which Jehovah our God commanded you?

King James 2000

And when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God has commanded you?

Lexham Expanded Bible

"When your child asks you in the future, {saying}, 'What [is the meaning of] the legal provisions and the rules and the regulations that Yahweh our God commanded for you?'

Modern King James verseion

When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What are the testimonies, and the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah our God has commanded you?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, 'What meaneth the witnesses, ordinances and laws which the LORD our God hath commanded you?'

NET Bible

When your children ask you later on, "What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God commanded you?"

New Heart English Bible

When your son asks you in time to come, saying, "What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God has commanded you mean?"

The Emphasized Bible

When thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, - What mean the testimonies and the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh our God commanded you?

Webster

And when thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?

World English Bible

When your son asks you in time to come, saying, "What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?"

Youngs Literal Translation

When thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁאל שׁאל 
Sha'al 
Usage: 172

thee in time to come
מחר 
Machar 
to morrow, time to come
Usage: 52

עדה 
`edah 
Usage: 26

and the statutes
חק 
Choq 
Usage: 127

and the judgments
משׁפּט 
Mishpat 
Usage: 421

which the Lord

Usage: 0

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

צוה 
Tsavah 
Usage: 494

Context Readings

Detailed Stipulations

19 to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken. 20 When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you? 21 then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt: and Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;

Cross References

Exodus 13:14

And it shall be, when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

Exodus 12:26

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

Joshua 4:6-7

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 4:21-24

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?

Deuteronomy 6:7

and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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