KJV 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?
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Deuteronomy 6:20
[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?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
WEB 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?”
ASV 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?
YLT Young’s 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?
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 6
17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
18 And thou shalt do [that which is] right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
20 [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?
21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּֽי־H3588 · kiforיִשְׁאָלְךָ֥H7592 · sha.alto askבִנְךָ֛H1121 · benson: childמָחָ֖רH4279 · ma.chartomorrowלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayמָ֣הH4100 · mahwhat?הָעֵדֹ֗תH5713 · e.dahwitnessוְהַֽחֻקִּים֙H2706 · choqstatute: decreeוְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔יםH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichצִוָּ֛הH6680 · tsa.vahto commandיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּH430 · e.lo.himGodאֶתְכֶֽם׃H853 · et[Obj.]
Cross-references
Exodus 13:14And 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 the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:Exodus 12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?Joshua 4:21-24And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What [mean] these stones?Joshua 4:6-7That 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?Deuteronomy 6:7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
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