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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?””

Deuteronomy 6:20

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Moses is explaining how the commandments should be handed on within families. He anticipates that future children will ask what the laws mean.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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?”

World English Bible (WEB)

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?”

King James Version (KJV)

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?

American Standard Version (ASV)

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?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Cuando mañana te preguntare tu hijo, diciendo: ¿Qué significan los testimonios, y estatutos, y derechos, que Jehová nuestro Dios os mandó?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

»En el futuro, cuando tus hijos te pregunten cuál es el propósito de todos estos mandamientos que el Señor nuestro Dios nos ha dado,

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