Exodus 12:26

In 11 translations

BSB

When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’

KJV

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

WEB

It will happen, when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’

ASV

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

LSV

and it has come to pass, when your sons say to you, What [is] this service you have?

YLT

and it hath come to pass when your sons say unto you, What [is] this service ye have?

DBY

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

DRC

And when your children shall say to you: What is the meaning of this service?

GNV

And when your children aske you, What seruice is this ye keepe?

JPS

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

LXXE

And it shall come to pass, if your sons say to you, What is this service?

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְהָיָ֕ה כִּֽי־יֹאמְר֥וּ אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם בְּנֵיכֶ֑ם מָ֛ה הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לָכֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐσται ἐὰν λέγωσι πρὸς ὑμᾶς οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν, τίς ἡ λατρεία αὕτη;

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• Exodus 13:14–15In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go,…
• Deuteronomy 32:7Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
• Psalms 145:4One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
• Isaiah 38:19The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
• Joshua 4:6–7to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it…
• Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
• Joshua 4:21–24Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’ you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’ For the LORD your God…
• Psalms 78:3–6that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has…
• Deuteronomy 11:19Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
• Exodus 13:22Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.
• Exodus 10:2and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”
• Deuteronomy 6:7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
• Exodus 13:8–9And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD…

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