Parallel Verses
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?'
New American Standard Bible
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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?
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?
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?
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?
Themes
Children » Parents, duty to » To teach
Fathers » Duties of » To teach
Interlinear
Sha'al
Mishpat
'elohiym
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 6:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations
19 by driving out all [of] your enemies {before you}, [just] as Yahweh {has promised}. 20 "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?' 21 Then you shall say to your child, 'We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and Yahweh brought us out from Egypt with a strong hand.
Names
Cross References
Exodus 13:14
And when your son asks you {in the future}, saying, 'What [is] this?' you will say to him, 'With strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from a house of slaves.
Exodus 12:26
{And} when your children say to you, 'What [is] this {religious custom} for you?'
Joshua 4:6-7
so that this may be a reminder among you. When your children ask in the future, saying, '{What do these stones mean to you}?'
Joshua 4:21-24
And he said to the {Israelites}, "When your children ask in the future {their parents}, '{What is the meaning of these stones}?'
Deuteronomy 6:7
And you shall recite them to your children, and you shall talk about them at [the time of] your living in your house and at [the time of] your going on the road and at [the time of] your lying down and at [the time of] your rising [up].
Proverbs 22:6
Train the child {concerning his way}; even when he is old, he will not stray from it.