Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean ye by this service?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
Holman Bible
When your children
International Standard Version
And when your children say to you, "What does this ritual mean?'
A Conservative Version
And it shall come to pass, when your sons shall say to you, What do ye mean by this service?
American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
Amplified
When your children say to you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
Bible in Basic English
And when your children say to you, What is the reason of this act of worship?
Julia Smith Translation
And it shall be when your sons shall say to you, What this service to you?
King James 2000
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean you by this service?
Lexham Expanded Bible
{And} when your children say to you, 'What [is] this {religious custom} for you?'
Modern King James verseion
And it will be, when your sons shall say to you, What is this service to you?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when your children ask you, 'What manner of service is this ye do?'
NET Bible
When your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?' --
New Heart English Bible
It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'
The Emphasized Bible
and it shall come to pass that your sons shall say unto you, - What is this your service?
Webster
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean you by this service?
World English Bible
It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'
Youngs Literal Translation
and it hath come to pass when your sons say unto you, What is this service ye have?
Themes
Communion of the lord's supper » Prefigured
Egypt » History of israel in » The passover instituted
Feast of the passover » Children to be taught the nature and design of
Israel » Instituted » Passover
Missionaries » In giving a reason for their faith
Month » Abib (april) » Passover instituted and celebrated in
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 12:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instructions For The Passover
25 And it shall come to pass, when ye are come into the land that Jehovah will give you, as he has promised, that ye shall keep this service. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean ye by this service? 27 that ye shall say, It is a sacrifice of passover to Jehovah, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when he smote the Egyptians and delivered our houses. And the people bowed their heads and worshipped.
Cross References
Exodus 13:14-15
And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say to him, With a powerful hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 32:7
Remember the days of old, Consider the years of generation to generation; Ask thy father, and he will shew thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.
Joshua 4:6-7
that this may be a sign in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
Joshua 4:21-24
And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What mean these stones?
Psalm 78:3-6
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:
Psalm 145:4
One generation shall laud thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Isaiah 38:19
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Ephesians 6:4
And ye fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.
Exodus 10:2
and that thou mightest tell in the ears of thy son and thy son's son what I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
Exodus 13:8-9
And thou shalt inform thy son in that day, saying, It is because of what Jehovah did to me when I came out of Egypt.
Exodus 13:22
The pillar of the cloud did not remove from before the people by day, nor the pillar of fire by night.
Deuteronomy 6:7
and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Deuteronomy 11:19
And ye shall teach them unto your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up;