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rwbs@Genesis:47:15 @ And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

rwbs@Genesis:47:19 @ Why shall we die before thy eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh: and give seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

rwbs@Exodus:1:18 @ And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the males alive?

rwbs@Exodus:2:13 @ And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Why smitest thou thy companion?

rwbs@Exodus:2:20 @ And he said to his daughters, And where he? why it ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

rwbs@Exodus:3:3 @ And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

rwbs@Exodus:5:4 @ And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? go to your burdens.

rwbs@Exodus:5:14 @ And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, demanded, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as before?

rwbs@Exodus:5:15 @ Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dealest thou thus with thy servants?

rwbs@Exodus:5:22 @ And Moses returned to the LORD, and said, Lord, why hast thou oppressed this people? why it thou hast sent me?

rwbs@Exodus:14:5 @ And it was told to the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

rwbs@Exodus:14:11 @ And they said to Moses, Because no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why hast thou dealt thus with us, to bring us out of Egypt?

rwbs@Exodus:14:15 @ And the LORD said to Moses, Why criest thou to me? speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward:

rwbs@Exodus:17:2 @ Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why chide you with me? why do ye tempt the LORD?

rwbs@Exodus:17:3 @ And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why this thou hast brought us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

rwbs@Exodus:18:14 @ And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning to evening?

rwbs@Exodus:32:11 @ And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath burn against thy people, which thou hast brought forth from the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? (note:)the LORD: Hebrews. the face of the LORD(:note)

rwbs@Exodus:32:12 @ Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For evil did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

rwbs@Leviticus:10:17 @ Why have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it most holy, and hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?

rwbs@Numbers:9:7 @ And those men said to him, We defiled by the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in its appointed season among the children of Israel?

rwbs@Numbers:11:11 @ And Moses said to the LORD, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant? and why have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

rwbs@Numbers:11:20 @ even a whole month, until it shall come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome to you: because ye have despised the LORD who among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? (note:)whole…: Hebrews. month of days(:note)

rwbs@Numbers:12:8 @ With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

rwbs@Numbers:14:3 @ And why hath the LORD brought us to this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

rwbs@Numbers:14:41 @ And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

rwbs@Numbers:16:3 @ And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, too much upon you, seeing all the congregation holy, every one of them, and the LORD among them: why then do ye raise yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? (note:)Ye take…: Hebrews. It is much for you(:note)

rwbs@Numbers:20:4 @ And why have ye brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

rwbs@Numbers:20:5 @ And why have ye made us come up from Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? it no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither there any water to drink.

rwbs@Numbers:21:5 @ And the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have ye brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for no bread, neither water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

rwbs@Numbers:22:32 @ And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why hast thou smitten thy donkey these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because way is perverse before me: (note:)to…: Hebrews. to be an adversary unto thee(:note)

rwbs@Numbers:22:37 @ And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to thee to call thee? why camest thou not to me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?

rwbs@Numbers:27:4 @ Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give to us a possession among the brethren of our father. (note:)done…: Hebrews. diminished(:note)

rwbs@Numbers:32:7 @ And why discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

rwbs@Deuteronomy:5:25 @ Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. (note:)hear: Hebrews. add to hear(:note)

rwbs@Deuteronomy:29:24 @ Even all the nations shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger?

rwbs@Joshua:5:4 @ And this the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.

rwbs@Joshua:7:7 @ And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, why hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? O that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of Jordan!

rwbs@Joshua:7:10 @ And the LORD said to Joshua, Arise; why liest thou thus upon thy face? (note:)liest: Hebrews. fallest(:note)

rwbs@Joshua:7:25 @ And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

rwbs@Joshua:9:22 @ And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have ye deceived us, saying, We very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

rwbs@Joshua:17:14 @ And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me until now?

rwbs@Judges:2:2 @ And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?

rwbs@Judges:5:16 @ Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben great searchings of heart. (note:)For: or, In(:note)

rwbs@Judges:5:17 @ Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his inlets. (note:)shore: or, port(:note)breaches: or, creeks

rwbs@Judges:5:28 @ The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

rwbs@Judges:6:13 @ And Gideon said to him, O my Lord, if the LORD is with us, why then hath all this befallen us? and where all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

rwbs@Judges:8:1 @ And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why hast thou done this to us, that thou didst call us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did contend with him sharply. (note:)Why…: Hebrews. What thing is this thou hast done unto us(:note)sharply: Heb. strongly

rwbs@Judges:9:28 @ And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who Abimelech, and who Shechem, that we should serve him? not the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?

rwbs@Judges:11:7 @ And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did ye not hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? and why have ye come to me now when ye are in distress?

rwbs@Judges:11:26 @ While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that along by the banks of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover within that time?

rwbs@Judges:12:1 @ And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said to Jephthah, Why didst thou pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house upon thee with fire. (note:)gathered…: Hebrews. were called(:note)

rwbs@Judges:12:3 @ And when I saw that ye delivered not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: why then have ye come up to me this day, to fight against me?

rwbs@Judges:13:18 @ And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it wonderful? (note:)secret: or, wonderful(:note)

rwbs@Judges:15:10 @ And the men of Judah said, Why have ye come up against us? And they answered, We have come to bind Samson, to do to him as he hath done to us.

rwbs@Judges:21:3 @ And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

rwbs@Ruth:1:11 @ And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? there yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

rwbs@Ruth:1:21 @ I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

rwbs@Ruth:2:10 @ Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found grace in thy eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I a stranger?

rwbs@1Samuel:1:8 @ Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? not I better to thee than ten sons?

rwbs@1Samuel:2:23 @ And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. (note:)of your…: or, evil words of you(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:2:29 @ Why trample ye at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

rwbs@1Samuel:4:3 @ And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh to us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us from the hand of our enemies. (note:)fetch: Hebrews. take unto us(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:6:3 @ And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but by all means return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

rwbs@1Samuel:6:6 @ Why then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? (note:)wonderfully: or, reproachfully(:note)the people: Hebrews. them

rwbs@1Samuel:9:21 @ And Saul answered and said, not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then speakest thou so to me? (note:)so…: Hebrews. according to this word(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:15:19 @ Why then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

rwbs@1Samuel:17:8 @ And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why have ye come out to set battle in array? not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose for yourselves a man for you, and let him come down to me.

rwbs@1Samuel:17:28 @ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down here? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mayest see the battle.

rwbs@1Samuel:19:5 @ For he put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest, and didst rejoice: why then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

rwbs@1Samuel:19:17 @ And Saul said to Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away my enemy, that he hast escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

rwbs@1Samuel:20:2 @ And he said to him, Far be it from thee; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will show it to me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it not. (note:)shew…: Hebrews. uncover mine ear(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:20:8 @ Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: however, if there is in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

rwbs@1Samuel:20:27 @ And it came to pass on the next day, the second of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why cometh not the son of Jesse to eat, neither yesterday, nor to day?

rwbs@1Samuel:20:32 @ And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why shall he be slain? what hath he done?

rwbs@1Samuel:21:1 @ Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said to him, Why thou alone, and no man with thee? (note:)Ahimelech: also called Ahiah(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:21:14 @ Then said Achish to his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: why have ye brought him to me? (note:)is mad: or, playeth the mad man(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:22:13 @ And Saul said to him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

rwbs@1Samuel:24:9 @ And David said to Saul, Why hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy harm?

rwbs@1Samuel:26:15 @ And David said to Abner, not thou a man? and who like thee in Israel? why then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came in one of the people to destroy the king thy lord.

rwbs@1Samuel:26:18 @ And he said, Why doth my lord thus pursue his servant? for what have I done? or what evil in my hand?

rwbs@1Samuel:27:5 @ And David said to Achish, If I have now found grace in thy eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

rwbs@1Samuel:28:9 @ And the woman said to him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that are mediums, and the wizards, out of the land: Why then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

rwbs@1Samuel:28:12 @ And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou Saul.

rwbs@1Samuel:28:15 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am grievously distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God hath departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known to me what I shall do. (note:)by prophets: Hebrews. by the hand of prophets(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:28:16 @ Then said Samuel, Why then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD hath departed from thee, and hath become thy enemy?

rwbs@2Samuel:2:22 @ And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: why should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

rwbs@2Samuel:3:7 @ And Saul had a concubine, whose name Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and said to Abner, Why hast thou gone in to my father’s concubine?

rwbs@2Samuel:3:24 @ Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came to thee; why it thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

rwbs@2Samuel:7:7 @ In all in which I have walked with all the children of Israel have I spoken a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why do ye not build me an house of cedar? (note:)any of…: any of the judges(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:11:10 @ And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down to his house, David said to Uriah, Camest thou not from journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house?

rwbs@2Samuel:11:20 @ And if the king’s wrath shall rise, and he shall say to thee, Why approached ye so near to the city for the fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

rwbs@2Samuel:11:21 @ Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye near the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. (note:)Jerubbesheth: also called, Jerubbaal(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:12:9 @ Why hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

rwbs@2Samuel:12:23 @ But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

rwbs@2Samuel:13:4 @ And he said to him, Why thou, the king’s son, pining from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister. (note:)lean: Hebrews. thin(:note)from day…: Heb. morning by morning

rwbs@2Samuel:13:26 @ Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee?

rwbs@2Samuel:14:13 @ And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one who is faulty, in that the king doth not bring home again his banished.

rwbs@2Samuel:14:31 @ Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my field on fire?

rwbs@2Samuel:14:32 @ And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come here, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? good for me there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.

rwbs@2Samuel:15:19 @ Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Why goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou a stranger, and also an exile.

rwbs@2Samuel:16:9 @ Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

rwbs@2Samuel:16:10 @ And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said to him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Why hast thou done so?

rwbs@2Samuel:16:17 @ And Absalom said to Hushai, this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

rwbs@2Samuel:18:11 @ And Joab said to the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten of silver, and a belt.

rwbs@2Samuel:18:22 @ Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But however, let me also, I pray thee, run after Cushi. And Joab said, Why wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready? (note:)howsoever: Hebrews. be what may(:note)ready: or, convenient

rwbs@2Samuel:19:10 @ And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? (note:)speak…: Hebrews. are ye silent?(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:19:11 @ And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, to his house.

rwbs@2Samuel:19:12 @ Ye my brethren, ye my bones and my flesh: why then are ye the last to bring back the king?

rwbs@2Samuel:19:25 @ And it came to pass, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?

rwbs@2Samuel:19:29 @ And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

rwbs@2Samuel:19:35 @ I this day eighty years old: can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why then should thy servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?

rwbs@2Samuel:19:36 @ Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense me with such a reward?

rwbs@2Samuel:19:41 @ And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to him, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan?

rwbs@2Samuel:19:42 @ And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king near of kin to us: why then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all at the king’s? or hath he given us any gift?

rwbs@2Samuel:19:43 @ And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. (note:)despise…: Hebrews. set us at light(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:20:19 @ I peaceable faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

rwbs@2Samuel:24:3 @ And Joab said to the king, Now the LORD thy God add to the people, as many as they may be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

rwbs@2Samuel:24:21 @ And Araunah said, Why is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar to the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

rwbs@1Kings:1:6 @ And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also very handsome; and bore him after Absalom. (note:)at any…: Hebrews. from his days(:note)

rwbs@1Kings:1:13 @ Go and enter in to king David, and say to him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear to thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

rwbs@1Kings:1:41 @ And Adonijah and all the guests that with him heard as they had finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Why noise of the city being in an uproar?

rwbs@1Kings:2:22 @ And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

rwbs@1Kings:2:43 @ Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

rwbs@1Kings:9:8 @ And at this house, is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land, and to this house?

rwbs@1Kings:11:27 @ And this the cause why he raised hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. (note:)repaired: Hebrews. closed(:note)

rwbs@1Kings:14:6 @ And it was, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why pretendest thou another? for I sent to thee heavy. (note:)heavy: Hebrews. hard(:note)

rwbs@1Kings:21:5 @ But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no food?

rwbs@2Kings:1:5 @ And when the messengers returned to him, he said to them, Why have ye now returned?

rwbs@2Kings:4:23 @ And he said, Why wilt thou go to him to day? neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, well. (note:)well: Hebrews. peace(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:5:8 @ And it was, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why hast thou torn thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

rwbs@2Kings:6:33 @ And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil from the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?

rwbs@2Kings:7:3 @ And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

rwbs@2Kings:8:12 @ And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

rwbs@2Kings:9:11 @ Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and said to him, all well? Why came this mad to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

rwbs@2Kings:12:7 @ Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the priests, and said to them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

rwbs@2Kings:14:10 @ Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: glory, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to harm, that thou shouldest fall, thou, and Judah with thee? (note:)at home: Hebrews. at thy house(:note)

rwbs@1Chronicles:17:6 @ Wherever I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

rwbs@1Chronicles:21:3 @ And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times more than they: but, my lord the king, they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

rwbs@2Chronicles:7:21 @ And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land, and to this house?

rwbs@2Chronicles:24:6 @ And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

rwbs@2Chronicles:24:20 @ And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said to them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. (note:)came…: Hebrews. clothed(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:25:15 @ Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thy hand?

rwbs@2Chronicles:25:16 @ And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that said to him, Art thou made of the king’s council? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet stopped, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel. (note:)determined: Hebrews. counselled(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:25:19 @ Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thy heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to harm, that thou shouldest fall, thou, and Judah with thee?

rwbs@2Chronicles:32:4 @ So there was gathered many people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? (note:)ran: Hebrews. overflowed(:note)

rwbs@Ezra:4:22 @ Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the harm of the kings?

rwbs@Ezra:7:23 @ Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? (note:)Whatsoever…: Chaldee, Whatsoever is of the decree(:note)

rwbs@Nehemiah:2:2 @ Therefore the king said to me, Why thy countenance sad, seeing thou not sick? this nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very greatly afraid,

rwbs@Nehemiah:2:3 @ And said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?

rwbs@Nehemiah:6:3 @ And I sent messengers to them, saying, I doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?

rwbs@Nehemiah:13:11 @ Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. (note:)place: Hebrews. standing(:note)

rwbs@Nehemiah:13:21 @ Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why lodge ye before the wall? if ye do again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth they came no on the sabbath. (note:)about: Hebrews. before(:note)

rwbs@Esther:3:3 @ Then the king’s servants, who in the king’s gate, said to Mordecai, Why dost thou transgress the king’s commandment?

rwbs@Esther:4:5 @ Then called Esther for Hatach, of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to learn what it, and why it. (note:)appointed…: Hebrews. set before her(:note)

rwbs@Job:3:11 @ Why died I not from the womb? did I give up the ghost when I came out of the womb?

rwbs@Job:3:12 @ Why did the knees receive me? or why the breasts that I should be nursed?

rwbs@Job:3:20 @ Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter soul;

rwbs@Job:7:20 @ I have sinned; what shall I do to thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

rwbs@Job:7:21 @ And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I not.

rwbs@Job:9:29 @ I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?

rwbs@Job:10:2 @ I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why thou contendest with me.

rwbs@Job:10:18 @ Why then hast thou brought me forth from the womb? O that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

rwbs@Job:13:14 @ Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

rwbs@Job:13:24 @ Why hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thy enemy?

rwbs@Job:15:12 @ Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

rwbs@Job:18:3 @ Why are we counted as beasts, reputed vile in your sight?

rwbs@Job:19:22 @ Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

rwbs@Job:19:28 @ But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? (note:)seeing…: or, and what root of matter is found in me?(:note)

rwbs@Job:21:4 @ As for me, my complaint to man? and if, why should not my spirit be troubled? (note:)troubled: Hebrews. shortened?(:note)

rwbs@Job:21:7 @ Why do the wicked live, become old, and, are mighty in power?

rwbs@Job:24:1 @ Why, seeing times are not hid from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

rwbs@Job:27:12 @ Behold, all ye yourselves have seen; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

rwbs@Job:31:1 @ I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

rwbs@Job:33:13 @ Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. (note:)he giveth…: Hebrews. he answereth not(:note)

rwbs@Psalms:2:1 @ Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? (note:)rage: or, tumultuously assemble(:note)imagine: Hebrews. meditate

rwbs@Psalms:10:1 @ Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? hidest thou in times of trouble?

rwbs@Psalms:10:13 @ Why doth the wicked despise God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require.

rwbs@Psalms:22:1 @ My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? far from helping me, the words of my roaring? (note:)Aijeleth…: or, the hind of the morning(:note)helping…: Hebrews. my salvation

rwbs@Psalms:42:5 @ Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him the help of his countenance. (note:)cast: Hebrews. bowed(:note)praise: or, give thanksfor the…: or, his presence is salvation

rwbs@Psalms:42:9 @ I will say to God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

rwbs@Psalms:42:11 @ Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, the health of my countenance, and my God.

rwbs@Psalms:43:2 @ For thou the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

rwbs@Psalms:43:5 @ Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, the health of my countenance, and my God.

rwbs@Psalms:44:23 @ Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast not off for ever.

rwbs@Psalms:44:24 @ Why hidest thou thy face, forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

rwbs@Psalms:49:5 @ Why should I fear in the days of evil, the iniquity of my heels shall surround me?

rwbs@Psalms:52:1 @ Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God continually. (note:)Maschil: or, of instruction(:note)

rwbs@Psalms:68:16 @ Why leap ye, ye lofty hills? the hill God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell for ever.

rwbs@Psalms:74:1 @ O God, why hast thou cast off for ever? doth thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? (note:)Maschil…: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction(:note)

rwbs@Psalms:74:11 @ Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck out of thy bosom.

rwbs@Psalms:79:10 @ Why should the heathen say, Where their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight avenging the blood of thy servants shed. (note:)revenging: Hebrews. vengeance(:note)

rwbs@Psalms:80:12 @ Why hast thou broke down her hedges, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck her?

rwbs@Psalms:88:14 @ LORD, why castest thou off my soul? hidest thou thy face from me?

rwbs@Psalms:89:47 @ Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?

rwbs@Psalms:115:2 @ Why should the heathen say, Where now their God?

rwbs@Proverbs:5:20 @ And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

rwbs@Proverbs:17:16 @ Why a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing no heart?

rwbs@Proverbs:22:27 @ If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

rwbs@Ecclesiastes:2:15 @ Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also vanity. (note:)happeneth even…: Hebrews. happeneth to me, even to me(:note)

rwbs@Ecclesiastes:5:6 @ Permit not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it an error: why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

rwbs@Ecclesiastes:7:16 @ Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? (note:)destroy…: Hebrews. be desolate?(:note)

rwbs@Ecclesiastes:7:17 @ Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? (note:)before…: Hebrews. not in thy time?(:note)

rwbs@Songs:1:7 @ Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? (note:)as one…: or, as one that is veiled(:note)

rwbs@Songs:8:4 @ I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not, nor awake love, until he please. (note:)that…: Hebrews. why should ye stir up, or, why, etc(:note)