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bes@Genesis:3:14 @ And the Lord God said to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me and I ate.

bes@Genesis:4:6 @ And the Lord God said to Cain, Why art thou become very sorrowful and why is thy countenance fallen?

bes@Genesis:18:13 @ And the Lord said to Abraam, Why is it that Sarrha has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old.

bes@Genesis:20:11 @ And Abraam said, Why I said, Surely there is not the worship of God in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.

bes@Genesis:24:31 @ And he said to him, Come in hither, thou blessed of the Lord, why standest thou without, whereas I have prepared the house and a place for the camels?

bes@Genesis:25:22 @ And the babes leaped within her; and she said, If it will be so with me, why is this to me? And she went to enquire of the Lord.

bes@Genesis:26:9 @ And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then thy wife? why hast thou said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, I did so, for I said, Lest at any time I die on her account.

bes@Genesis:26:10 @ And Abimelech said to him, Why hast thou done this to us? one of my kindred (note:)q. d. had almost(:note) within a little had lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought a sin of ignorance upon us.

bes@Genesis:33:15 @ And Esau said, I will leave with thee some of the people who are with me. And he said, Why so? it is enough that I have found favour before thee, my lord.

bes@Genesis:38:29 @ And when he drew back his hand, then immediately came forth his brother; and she said, Why has the barrier been cut through because of thee? and she called his name, Phares.

bes@Genesis:40:7 @ And he asked the eunuchs of Pharao who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your countenances are sad to-day?

bes@Genesis:42:1 @ And Jacob having seen that there was a sale of corn in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are ye indolent?

bes@Genesis:43:6 @ And Israel said, Why did ye harm me, inasmuch as ye told the man that ye had a brother?

bes@Genesis:44:4 @ And when they had gone out of the city, and were not far off, then Joseph said to his steward, Arise, and pursue after the men; and thou shalt overtake them, and say to them, Why have ye returned evil for good?

bes@Genesis:44:5 @ Why have ye stolen my silver cup? is it not this (note:)Gr. in which(:note) out of which my lord drinks? and he divines augury with it; ye have accomplished evil in that which ye have done.

bes@Genesis:44:7 @ And they said to him, Why does our lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word.

bes@Genesis:47:15 @ And all the money failed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Chanaan; and all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread, and why do we die in thy presence? for our money is spent.

bes@Exodus:1:18 @ And the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, Why is it that ye have done this thing, and saved the male children alive?

bes@Exodus:2:18 @ And they came to Raguel their father; and he said to them, Why have ye come so quickly to-day?

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

bes@Exodus:3:3 @ And Moses said, I will go near and see this great sight, why the bush is not consumed.

bes@Exodus:5:4 @ And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, turn the people from their works? depart each of you to your works.

bes@Exodus:5:14 @ And the accountants of the race of the children of Israel, who were set over them by the masters of Pharao, were scourged, (note:)Supplied from the Hebrew(:note) and questioned, men saying, Why have ye not fulfilled your rates of brick-work as yesterday and the third day, to-day also?

bes@Exodus:5:15 @ And the accountants of the children of Israel went in and cried to Pharao, saying, Why dost thou act thus to thy servants?

bes@Exodus:5:22 @ And Moses turned to the Lord, and said, I pray, Lord, why hast thou afflicted this people? and wherefore hast thou sent me?

bes@Exodus:14:15 @ and the Lord said to Moses, Why criest thou to me? speak to the children of Israel, and let them (note:)Gr. harness or yoke the horses again(:note) proceed.

bes@Exodus:17:2 @ And the people reviled Moses, saying, Give us water, that we may drink; and Moses said to them, Why do ye revile me, and why tempt ye the Lord?

bes@Exodus:17:3 @ And the people thirsted there for water, and there the people murmured against Moses, saying, Why is this? hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to slay us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

bes@Leviticus:10:17 @ Why did ye not eat the sin-offering in the holy place? for because it is most holy he has given you this to eat, that ye might take away the sin of the congregation, and make atonement for them before the Lord.

bes@Numbers:11:11 @ And Moses said to the Lord, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant, and why have I not found grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest lay the weight of this people upon me?

bes@Numbers:12:8 @ I will speak to him mouth to mouth apparently, and not in dark speeches; and he has seen the glory of the Lord; and why were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

bes@Numbers:14:3 @ Would we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness, would we had died! and why does the Lord bring us into this land to fall in war? our wives and our children shall be for a prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt.

bes@Numbers:14:41 @ And Moses said, Why do ye transgress the word of the Lord? ye shall not prosper.

bes@Numbers:16:3 @ They rose up against Moses and Aaron, and said, Let it be enough for you that all the congregation are holy, and the Lord is among them; and why do ye set up yourselves against the congregation of the Lord?

bes@Numbers:21:5 @ And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, Why is this? Hast thou brought us ought of Egypt to slay us in the wilderness? for there is not bread nor water; and our soul loathes this light bread.

bes@Numbers:22:32 @ And the angel of God said to him, Why hast thou smitten thine ass this third time? and, behold, I came out to withstand thee, for thy way was not seemly before me; and when the ass saw me, she turned away from me this third time.

bes@Numbers:22:37 @ And Balac said to Balaam, Did I not send to thee to call thee? why hast thou not come to me? shall I not indeed be able to honour thee?

bes@Numbers:31:15 @ And Moses said to them, Why have ye saved every female alive?

bes@Numbers:32:7 @ And why do ye pervert the minds of the children of Israel, that they should not cross over into the land, which the Lord gives them?

bes@Deuteronomy:29:24 @ and all the nations shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land? what is this great fierceness of anger?

bes@Joshua:7:10 @ And the Lord said to Joshua, Rise up; why hast thou fallen upon thy face?

bes@Joshua:7:25 @ And Joshua said to Achar, Why hast thou destroyed us? the Lord destroy thee (note:)Gr. as also today(:note) as at this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones.

bes@Joshua:9:22 @ And Joshua called them together and said to them, Why have ye deceived me, saying, We live very far from you; whereas ye are fellow-countrymen of those who dwell among us?

bes@Judges:5:16 @ Why did they sit between the sheep-folds to hear the bleating of flocks for the divisions of Ruben? there were great searchings of heart.

bes@Judges:5:17 @ Galaad is on the other side of Jordan where he pitched his tents; and why does Dan remain in ships? Aser sat down on the sea-coasts, and he will tabernacle at his (note:)Or, places of egress, etc.(:note) ports.

bes@Judges:5:28 @ The mother of Sisara looked down through the window out of the loophole, saying, Why was his chariot ashamed? why did the (note:)Or, feet of his horses; lit., feet of his chariots(:note) wheels of his chariots tarry?

bes@Judges:6:13 @ And Gedeon said to him, Be gracious (note:)Hebrews. yb, a particle of entreaty, here rendered literally(:note) with me, my Lord: but if the Lord is with us, why have these evils found us? and where are all his miracles, which our fathers have related to us, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt? and now he has cast us out, and given us into the hand of Madiam.

bes@Judges:9:28 @ And Gaal the son of Jobel said, Who is Abimelech, and who is the son of Sychem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerobaal, and is not Zebul his steward, his servant with the son of Emmor the father of Sychem? and why should we serve him?

bes@Judges:13:18 @ And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why dost thou thus ask after my name; whereas it is (note:)See Isa strkjv@9:6(:note) wonderful?

bes@Judges:15:10 @ And the (note:)Gr. man(:note) men of Juda said, Why are ye come up against us? and the Philistines said, We are come up to bind Sampson, and to do to him as he has done to us.

bes@Judges:18:8 @ And the five men came to their brethren to Saraa and Esthaol, and said to their brethren, Why sit ye here idle?

bes@Judges:18:24 @ And Michaias said, Because ye have taken my graven image which I made, and my priest, and are gone; and what have I remaining? and what is this that ye say to me, Why criest thou?

bes@Ruth:1:11 @ And Noemin said, Return now, my daughters; and why do ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb to be your husbands?

bes@Ruth:1:21 @ I went out full, and the Lord has brought me back empty: and why call ye me Noemin, whereas the Lord has humbled me and the Mighty One has afflicted me?

bes@1Samuel:1:8 @ And Helkana her husband said to her, Anna: and she said to him, Here am I, my lord: and he said to her, What ails thee that thou weepest? and why dost thou not eat? and why does thy heart smite thee? am I not better to thee than ten children?

bes@1Samuel:2:23 @ And he said to them, Why do ye according to this thing, which I hear from the mouth of all the people of the Lord?

bes@1Samuel:4:3 @ And the people came to the camp, and the elders of Israel said, Why has the Lord caused us to fall this day before the Philistines? let us take the ark of our God out of Selom, and let it proceed from the midst of us, and it shall save us from the hand of our enemies.

bes@1Samuel:5:10 @ And they send away the ark of God to Ascalon; and it came to pass when the ark of God went into Ascalon, that the men of Ascalon cried out, saying, Why have ye brought back the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people?

bes@1Samuel:6:6 @ And why do ye (note:)Gr. make heavy(:note) harden your hearts, as Egypt and Pharao hardened their hearts? was it not so when he mocked them, that they let Gr. them the people go, and they departed?

bes@1Samuel:9:21 @ And Saul answered and said, Am not I the son of a Benjamite, the least tribe of the people of Israel? and of the least family of the whole tribe of Benjamin? and why hast thou spoken to me according to this word?

bes@1Samuel:11:5 @ And, behold, Saul came after the early morning out of the field: and Saul said, Why does the people weep? and they tell him the words of the men of Jabis.

bes@1Samuel:14:41 @ And Saul said, O Lord God of Israel, why hast thou not answered thy servant this day? is the iniquity in me, or in Jonathan my son? Lord God of Israel, give (note:)Hebrews. Mymt scil, «that I or Jonathan are guilty, then let the people be considered guiltless’(:note) clear manifestations; and if the lot should declare this, give, I pray thee, to thy people of Israel, give, I pray, holiness. And Jonathan and Saul are taken, and the people escaped.

bes@1Samuel:15:19 @ And why didst not thou hearken to the voice of the Lord, but didst haste to fasten upon the spoils, and didst that which was evil in the sight of the Lord?

bes@1Samuel:17:8 @ And he stood and cried to the army of Israel, and said to them, Why are ye come forth to set yourselves in battle array against us? Am not I a Philistine, and ye (note:)Or, servants, ydbe being read as if yrbe(:note) Hebrews of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.

bes@1Samuel:19:5 @ And he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoiced: why then dost thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

bes@1Samuel:19:17 @ And Saul said to Melchol, Why hast thou thus deceived me, and suffered my enemy to depart, and he has escaped? and Melchol said to Saul, He said, let me go, and if not, I will slay thee.

bes@1Samuel:20:2 @ And Jonathan said to him, Far be it from thee: thou shalt not die: behold, my father will not do any thing great or small (note:)Gr. and will not uncover my ear(:note) without discovering it to me; and why should my father hide this matter from me? This thing is not so.

bes@1Samuel:20:8 @ And thou shalt deal mercifully with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thyself: and if there is iniquity in thy servant, slay me thyself; but why dost thou thus bring me to thy father?

bes@1Samuel:20:27 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, on the second day of the month, that the place of David was empty; and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jessae attended both yesterday and today at the table?

bes@1Samuel:20:32 @ And Jonathan answered Saul, Why (note:)Gr. does he die?(:note) is he to die? What has he done?

bes@1Samuel:21:1 @ And David comes to Nomba to Abimelech the priest: and Abimelech was amazed at meeting him, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and nobody with thee?

bes@1Samuel:21:14 @ And Anchus said to his servants, Lo! ye see the man is (note:)Gr. or man epileptic(:note) mad: why have ye brought him in to me?

bes@1Samuel:22:13 @ And Saul said to him, Why have thou and the son of Jessae conspired against me, that thou shouldest give him bread and a sword, and shouldest enquire of God for him, to raise him up against me as an enemy, as he is this day?

bes@1Samuel:24:10 @ And David said to Saul, Why dost thou hearken to the words of the people, saying, Behold, David seeks thy life?

bes@1Samuel:26:15 @ And David said to Abenner, Art not thou a man? and who is like thee in Israel? Why then dost thou not guard thy lord the king? for one out of the people went in to destroy thy lord the king.

bes@1Samuel:26:18 @ And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for in what have I sinned? and what unrighteousness has been found in me?

bes@1Samuel:27:5 @ And David said to Anchus, If now thy servant has found grace in thine eyes, let them give me, I pray thee, a place in one of the cities in the country, and I will dwell there: for why does thy servant dwell with thee in a (note:)Gr. city reigned over(:note) royal city?

bes@1Samuel:28:9 @ And the woman said to him, Behold now, thou knowest what Saul has done, how he has cut off (note:)Or, ventriloquists(:note) those who had in them divining spirits, and the wizards from the land, and why dost thou spread a snare for my life to destroy it?

bes@1Samuel:28:12 @ And the woman saw Samuel, and cried out with a loud voice: and the woman said to Saul, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.

bes@1Samuel:28:15 @ And Samuel said, Why hast thou troubled me, that I should come up? And Saul said, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines war against me, and God has departed from me, and no longer (note:)Gr. has hearkened(:note) hearkens to me either by the hand of the prophets or by dreams: and now I have called thee to tell me what I shall do.

bes@1Samuel:28:16 @ And Samuel said, Why askest thou me, whereas the Lord has departed from thee, and taken part with thy neighbour?

bes@2Samuel:3:7 @ And Saul had a concubine, Respha, the daughter of Jol; and Jebosthe the son of Saul said to Abenner, Why hast thou gone in to my father’s concubine?

bes@2Samuel:3:24 @ And Joab went in to the king, and said, What is this that thou hast done? behold, Abenner came to thee; and why hast thou let him go, and he has departed in peace?

bes@2Samuel:7:7 @ wheresoever I went with all Israel. Have I ever spoken to any of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to tend my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of Cedar?

bes@2Samuel:11:10 @ And they brought David word, saying, Urias has not gone down to his house. And David said to Urias, Art thou not come from a journey? why hast thou not gone down to thy house?

bes@2Samuel:11:20 @ then it shall come to pass if the anger of the king shall arise, and he shall say to thee, Why did ye draw nigh to the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from off the wall?

bes@2Samuel:11:21 @ Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerobaal son of Ner? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from above the wall, and he died in Thamasi? why did ye draw near to the wall? then thou shalt say, Thy servant Urias the Chettite is also dead.

bes@2Samuel:11:22 @ And the messenger of Joab went to the king to Jerusalem, and he came and reported to David all that Joab told him, all the affairs of the war. And David was very angry with Joab, and said to the messenger, Why did ye draw nigh to the wall to fight? knew ye not that ye would be wounded from off the wall? Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast upon him a piece of millstone from the wall, and he died in Thamasi? why did ye draw near to the wall?

bes@2Samuel:12:9 @ Why hast thou set at nought the word of the Lord, to do that which is evil in his eyes? thou hast slain Urias the Chettite with the sword, and thou hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and thou hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

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

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

bes@2Samuel:14:13 @ And the woman said, Why hast thou devised this thing against the people of God? or is this word out of the king’s mouth as a transgression, so that the king should not bring back his banished?

bes@2Samuel:14:31 @ And Joab arose, and came to Abessalom into the house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my field on fire?

bes@2Samuel:14:32 @ And Abessalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come hither, and I will send thee to the king, saying, Why did I come out of Gedsur? it would have been better for me to have remained there: and now, behold, I have not seen the face of the king; but if there is iniquity in me, then put me to death.

bes@2Samuel:15:19 @ And the king said to Ethi, the Gittite, Why dost thou also go with us? return, and dwell with the king, for thou art a stranger, and thou has come forth as a sojourner out of thy place.

bes@2Samuel:16:9 @ And Abessa the son of Saruia said to the king, Why does this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over now and take off his head.

bes@2Samuel:16:10 @ And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Saruia? even let him alone, and so let him curse, for the Lord has told him to curse David: and who shall say, Why hast thou done thus?

bes@2Samuel:16:17 @ And Abessalom said to Chusi, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not forth with thy friend?

bes@2Samuel:18:11 @ And Joab said to the man who reported it to him, And, behold, thou didst see him: why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.

bes@2Samuel:18:22 @ And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said again to Joab, Nay, let me also run after Chusi. And Joab said, Why (note:)Gr. dost(:note) wouldest thou thus run, my son? attend, thou hast no tidings for profit if thou go.

bes@2Samuel:18:23 @ And he said, (note:)Gr. for what if I should run(:note) Why should I not run? and Joab said to him, Run. And Achimaas ran along the way of Kechar, and outran Chusi.

bes@2Samuel:19:10 @ And Abessalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle: and now why are ye silent about bringing back the king? And the word of all Israel came to the king.

bes@2Samuel:19:11 @ And king David sent to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Israel, saying, Why are ye the last to bring back the king to his house? whereas the word of all Israel is come to the king to his house.

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

bes@2Samuel:19:25 @ And it came to pass when he went into Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Memphibosthe?

bes@2Samuel:19:29 @ And the king said to him, Why (note:)Gr. speakest thou thy words no longer(:note) speakest thou any longer of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Siba shall divide the land.

bes@2Samuel:19:36 @ Thy servant will go (note:)Gr. as it were a little(:note) a little way over Jordan with the king: and why does the king return me this recompense?

bes@2Samuel:19:41 @ And behold, (note:)Gr. every man(:note) all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Juda stolen thee away, and caused the king and all his house to pass over Jordan, and all the men of David with him?

bes@2Samuel:19:42 @ And (note:)Gr. every man(:note) all the men of Juda answered the men of Israel, and said, Because the king is near of kin to us: and why were you thus angry concerning this matter? have we indeed eaten of the king’s food? or has he given us a gift, or has he sent us a portion?

bes@2Samuel:19:43 @ And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said, We have ten (note:)Gr. and Hebrews. hands(:note) parts in the king, and we are older than you, we have also an interest in David above you: and why have ye thus insulted us, and why was not our advice taken before that of Juda, to bring back our king? And the speech of the men of Juda was sharper than the speech of the men of Israel.

bes@2Samuel:20:19 @ I am a peaceable one of the strong ones in Israel; but thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother city in Israel: why dost thou seek to ruin the inheritance of the Lord?

bes@2Samuel:24:3 @ And Joab said to the king, Now may the Lord add to the people a hundred-fold as many as they are, and may the eyes of my lord the king (note:)Gr. seeing(:note) see it: but why does my lord the king desire this thing?

bes@2Samuel:24:21 @ And Orna said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? and David said, To buy of thee the threshing-floor, in order to build an altar to the Lord that the plague may be restrained from off the people.

bes@1Kings:1:6 @ And his father never at any time checked him, saying, Why hast thou done thus? and he was also very handsome in appearance, and his mother bore him after Abessalom.

bes@1Kings:1:13 @ Haste, and go in to king David, and thou shalt speak to him, saying, Hast not thou, my lord, O king, sworn to thine handmaid, saying, Thy son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then does Adonias reign?

bes@1Kings:2:22 @ And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why hast thou asked Abisag for Adonias? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother, and he has for his companion Abiathar the priest, and Joab the son of Saruia the commander-in-chief.

bes@1Kings:2:43 @ And why hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment which I commanded (note:)Gr. against thee(:note) thee?

bes@1Kings:20:5 @ And Jezabel his wife went in to him, and spoke to him, saying, Why is thy spirit troubled, and why dost thou eat no bread?

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

bes@2Kings:1:16 @ And Eliu spoke to him, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why hast thou sent messengers to enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron? it shall not be so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.

bes@2Kings:4:23 @ And he said, Why art thou going to him to-day? It is neither new moon, nor the Sabbath. And she said, (note:)Gr. peace(:note) It is well.

bes@2Kings:4:43 @ And his servant said, Why should I set this before a hundred men? and he said, Give to the people, and let them eat; for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat and leave.

bes@2Kings:6:33 @ While he was yet speaking with them, behold, a messenger came to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; why should I wait for the Lord any longer?

bes@2Kings:7:3 @ And there were four leprous men by the gate of the city: and one said to his neighbour, Why sit we here until we die?

bes@2Kings:8:12 @ And Azael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt (note:)Gr. send away(:note) utterly destroy their strong holds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants against the ground, and their women with child thou wilt rip up.

bes@2Kings:9:11 @ And Ju went forth to the servants of his lord, and they said to him, Is (note:)Gr. peace(:note) all well? Why came this mad fellow in to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

bes@2Kings:12:7 @ And king Joas called Jodae the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, Why have ye not repaired the (note:)Gr. breach(:note) breaches of the house? now then receive no more money from your sales, for ye shall give it to repair the breaches of the house.

bes@2Kings:18:26 @ And Heliakim the son of Chelkias, and Somnas, and Joas, said to Rapsakes, Speak now to thy servants in the Syrian language, for we understand it; and speak not with us in the Jewish language: and why dost thou speak in the ears of the people that are on the wall?

bes@1Chronicles:17:6 @ in all places through which I have gone with all Israel: did I ever speak to any one tribe of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why is it that ye have not built me a house of cedar?

bes@1Chronicles:21:3 @ And Joab said, May the Lord add to his people, a hundred-fold as many as they are, and (note:)Or, the eyes, etc. do see(:note) let the eyes of my lord the king see it: all are the servants of my lord. Why does my lord seek this thing? do it not, lest it become a sin to Israel.

bes@2Chronicles:24:6 @ And king Joas called Jodae the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not looked after the Levites, so that they should bring from Juda and Jerusalem that which was (note:)Gr. judged(:note) prescribed by Moses the man of God, when he assembled Israel at the tabernacle of witness?

bes@2Chronicles:24:20 @ And the Spirit of God (note:)Gr. clothed(:note) came upon Azarias the son of Jodae the priest, and he stood up above the people, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why do ye transgress the commandments of the Lord? so shall ye not prosper; for ye have forsaken the Lord, and he will forsake you.

bes@2Chronicles:25:15 @ And the anger of the Lord came upon Amasias, and he sent him a prophet, and he said to him, Why hast thou sought the gods of the people, which have not rescued their own people out of thine hand?

bes@2Chronicles:25:19 @ Thou hast said, Behold, I have smitten Idumea, and thy (note:)Gr. heavy(:note) stout heart exalts thee: now stay at home; for why dost thou implicate thyself in mischief, that thou shouldest fall, and Juda with thee.

bes@Nehemiah:2:2 @ And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance (note:)Gr. evil(:note) sad, and dost thou not control thyself? and now this is nothing but Gr. mischief, or, wickedness sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed,

bes@Nehemiah:2:3 @ and I said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be said, forasmuch as the city, even the home of the sepulchres of my fathers, has been laid waste, and her gates have been devoured with fire?

bes@Nehemiah:2:16 @ And the sentinels knew not why I went, nor what I was doing; and until that time I told it not to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the captains, or to the rest of the men who wrought the works.

bes@Nehemiah:13:21 @ Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye lodge in front of the wall? if ye do so again, I will stretch out my hand upon you. From that time they came not on the sabbath.

bes@Esther:3:3 @ And they in the king’s palace said to Mardochaeus, Mardochaeus, why dost thou transgress the commands of the king?

bes@Job:3:11 @ For why died I not in the belly? and why did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately?

bes@Job:3:12 @ and why did the knees support me? and why did I suck the breasts?

bes@Job:3:20 @ For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, and life to those souls which are in griefs?

bes@Job:7:20 @ If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O thou that understandest the mind of men? why hast thou made me as thine accuser, and why am I a burden to thee?

bes@Job:7:21 @ Why hast thou not forgotten my iniquity, and purged my sin? but now I shall depart to the earth; and in the morning I am no more.

bes@Job:9:29 @ But since I am ungodly, why have I not died?

bes@Job:10:18 @ Why then didst thou bring me out of the womb? and why did I not die, and no eye see me,

bes@Job:10:19 @ and I become as if I had not been? for why was I not carried from the womb to the grave?

bes@Job:21:4 @ What! is my reproof of man? and why should I not be angry?

bes@Job:24:1 @ But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord,

bes@Job:24:13 @ Why then has he not visited these? forasmuch as they were upon the earth, and took no notice, and they knew not the way of righteousness, neither have they walked in their appointed paths?

bes@Job:30:2 @ Yea, why had I the strength of their hands? for them the full term of life was lost.

bes@Job:33:13 @ But thou sayest, Why has he not heard every word of my cause?

bes@Job:39:34 @ Why do I yet plead? being rebuked (note:)Alex. and being reproved of the Lord(:note) even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these arguments? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

bes@Psalms:3:1 @ - O Lord, why are they that afflict me multiplied? many rise up against me.

bes@Psalms:22:1 @ - (note:)Mt strkjv@27:46(:note) O God, my God, attend to me: why hast thou forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.

bes@Psalms:42:9 @ I will say to God, Thou art my helper; why hast thou forgotten me? wherefore do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses me?

bes@Psalms:43:2 @ For thou, O God, art my strength: wherefore hast thou cast me off? and why do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses me?

bes@Psalms:50:16 @ But to the sinner God has said, Why dost thou declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in thy mouth?

bes@Proverbs:17:16 @ Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. (note:)(17:16AA)(:note) He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.

bes@Ecclesiastes:2:2 @ I said to laughter, Madness: and to mirth, Why doest thou this:

bes@Isaiah:1:5 @ Why should ye be smitten any more, transgressing more and more? the whole head is pained, and the whole heart sad.

bes@Isaiah:3:14 @ The Lord himself shall enter into judgement with the elders of the people, and with their rulers: but why have ye set my vineyard on fire, and why is the spoil of the poor in your houses?

bes@Isaiah:3:15 @ Why do ye wrong my people, and shame the face of the poor?

bes@Isaiah:8:19 @ And if they should say to you, Seek (note:)Gr. ventriloquists(:note) those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?

bes@Isaiah:22:15 @ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Go into the chamber, to Somnas the (note:)Or, steward(:note) treasurer, and say to him, Why art thou here?

bes@Isaiah:36:4 @ And Rabsaces said to them, Say to Ezekias, Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians, Why art thou secure?

bes@Isaiah:40:27 @ For say not thou, O Jacob, and why hast thou spoken, Israel, saying, My way is hid from God, and my God has taken away my judgement, and has departed?

bes@Isaiah:50:2 @ Why did I come, and there was no man? why did I call, and there was none to hearken? Is not my hand strong to redeem? or can I not deliver? behold, by my rebuke I will dry up the sea, and make rivers a wilderness; and their fish shall be dried up because there is no water, and shall die for thirst.

bes@Isaiah:52:5 @ And now why are ye here? Thus saith the Lord, Because my people was taken for nothing, wonder ye and howl. Thus saith the Lord, On account of you (note:)Ro strkjv@2:24(:note) my name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles.

bes@Isaiah:52:7 @ as (note:)Ro strkjv@10:15; Another reading is «How beautiful are the feet,’ etc.; lit. Why have the feet been made beautiful? See also Joe strkjv@2:2, «the morning spread upon the mountains’(:note) a season of beauty upon the mountains, as the feet of one preaching glad tidings of peace, as one preaching good news: for I will publish thy salvation, saying, O Sion, thy God shall reign.

bes@Isaiah:58:3 @ saying, Why have we fasted, and thou regardest not? why have we afflicted our souls, and thou didst not know it? Nay, in the days of your fasts ye find your pleasures, and all them that are under your power ye wound.

bes@Isaiah:63:17 @ Why hast thou caused us to err, O Lord, from thy way? and has hardened our hearts, that we should not fear thee? Return for thy servants’ sake, for the sake of the tribes of thine inheritance,

bes@Jeremiah:2:14 @ Is Israel a servant, or a home-born slave? why has he become a spoil?

bes@Jeremiah:8:14 @ Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the strong cities, and let us be cast out there: for God has cast us out, and made us drink water of gall, because we have sinned before him.

bes@Jeremiah:8:22 @ And is there no balm in Galaad, or is there no physician there? why has not the healing of the daughter of my people taken place?

bes@Jeremiah:11:15 @ Why has my beloved wrought abomination in my house? will prayers and (note:)Gr. holy flesh, pl.(:note) holy offerings take away thy wickedness from thee, or shalt thou escape by these things?

bes@Jeremiah:12:1 @ Righteous art thou, O Lord, that I may make my defence to thee, yea, I will speak to thee of judgements. Why is it that the way of ungodly men prospers? that all that deal very treacherously are flourishing?

bes@Jeremiah:14:8 @ O Lord, thou art the hope of Israel, and deliverest us in time of troubles; why art thou become as a sojourner upon the land, or as one born in the land, yet turning aside for a resting-place?

bes@Jeremiah:15:18 @ Why do they that grieve me prevail against me? my wound is severe; whence shall I be healed? it is indeed become to me as deceitful water, that has no (note:)sc. as to healing(:note) faithfulness.

bes@Jeremiah:20:18 @ Why is it that I came forth of the womb to see troubles and distresses, and my days are spent in shame?

bes@Jeremiah:22:8 @ And nations shall pass through this city, and each shall say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?

bes@Jeremiah:26:5 @ Why do they fear, and turn back? even because their mighty men shall be slain: they have utterly fled, and being hemmed in they have not (note:)Or, lit. returned(:note) rallied, saith the Lord.

bes@Jeremiah:30:1 @ CONCERNING THE SONS OF AMMON thus saith the Lord, Are there no sons in Israel? or have they no one to succeed them? wherefore has Melchol inherited Galaad, and why shall their people dwell in their cities?

bes@Jeremiah:30:4 @ Why do ye exult in the plains of the Enakim, thou haughty daughter, that trustest in thy treasures, that sayest, Who shall come in to me?

bes@Jeremiah:43:29 @ And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burnt this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come in, and destroy this land, (note:)Alex. +and shall destroy man, etc.(:note) and man and cattle shall fail from off it?

bes@Jeremiah:44:20 @ Now therefore, my lord the king, let my (note:)Gr. mercy; See Jer strkjv@48:7(:note) supplication come before thy face: and why dost thou send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe? and let me not on any account die there.

bes@Lamentations:3:39 @ MEM. Why should a living man complain, a man concerning his sin?

bes@Ezekiel:16:30 @ Why should I make a covenant with thy daughter, saith the Lord, while thou doest all these things, the works of a harlot? and thou hast gone a-whoring in a threefold degree with thy daughters.

bes@Ezekiel:18:19 @ But ye will say, Why has not the son borne the iniquity of the father? Because the son has wrought judgement and mercy, has kept all my statues, and done them, he shall surely live.

bes@Ezekiel:18:31 @ Cast away from yourselves all your ungodliness wherein ye have sinned against me; and make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why (note:)Gr. do ye die(:note) should ye die, O house of Israel?

bes@Ezekiel:19:2 @ and say, Why is thy mother become a whelp in the midst of lions? in the midst of lions she has multiplied her whelps.

bes@Ezekiel:33:11 @ Say to them, Thus saith the Lord; As I live, I desire not the death of the ungodly, as that the ungodly should turn from his way and live: turn ye (note:)Gr. with turning(:note) heartily from your way; for why Gr. do ye die will ye die, O house of Israel?

bes@Jonah:1:6 @ And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why snorest thou? arise, and call upon thy God, that God may save us, and we perish not.

bes@Micah:4:9 @ And now, why hast thou known calamities? was there not a king to thee? or has thy counsel perished that pangs as of a woman in travail have seized upon thee?

bes@Malachi:2:10 @ Have ye not all one father? Did not one God create you? why have ye forsaken every man his brother, to profane the covenant of your fathers?

bes@Jdt:5:4 @ And why have they determined not to come and meet me, more than all the inhabitants of the west.

bes@Wis:18:19 @ For the dreams that troubled them did foreshew this, lest they should perish, and not know why they were afflicted.

bes@Tob:3:15 @ And that I never polluted my name, nor the name of my father, in the land of my captivity: I am the only daughter of my father, neither hath he any child to be his heir, neither any near kinsman, nor any son of his alive, to whom I may keep myself for a wife: my seven husbands are already dead; and why should I live? but if it please not thee that I should die, command some regard to be had of me, and pity taken of me, that I hear no more reproach.

bes@Tob:5:17 @ But Anna his mother wept, and said to Tobit, Why hast thou sent away our son? is he not the staff of our hand, in going in and out before us?

bes@Sir:10:9 @ Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: for such an one setteth his own soul to sale; because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels.

bes@Sir:36:7 @ Why doth one day excel another, when as all the light of every day in the year is of the sun?

bes@Sir:41:4 @ And why art thou against the pleasure of the most High? there is no inquisition in the grave, whether thou have lived ten, or an hundred, or a thousand years.

bes@1Macc:10:70 @ Thou alone liftest up thyself against us, and I am laughed to scorn for thy sake, and reproached: and why dost thou vaunt thy power against us in the mountains?

bes@1Macc:12:44 @ Unto Jonathan also he said, Why hast thou brought all this people to so great trouble, seeing there is no war betwixt us?

bes@3Macc:1:13 @ And he put the question, Why, when he entered all the temples, none of the priests who were present forbad him?

bes@3Macc:5:18 @ Conversation grew on, and the king sent for Hermon, and enquired of him, with fierce denunciations, why the Jews had been allowed to outlive that day.

bes@4Macc:2:19 @ For why, else, does our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, Cursed be their anger.

bes@4Macc:6:13 @ partly from the sympathy of acquaintance, and partly in admiration of his endurance, some of the attendants of the king said, Why do you unreasonably destroy yourself, O Eleazar, with these miseries?

bes@4Macc:6:23 @ Ye spearbearers of the tyrant, why do ye linger?

bes@4Macc:8:17 @ Why do we cheer ourselves with vain counsels, and venture upon a disobedience bringing death?

bes@4Macc:8:22 @ Why withdraw ourselves from a most sweet life, and deprive ourselves of this pleasant world?

bes@4Macc:9:1 @ Why delayest thou, O tyrant? for we are readier to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers.

bes@4Macc:14:18 @ But why should we point attention to the sympathy toward children shewn by irrational animals?

bes@BelTh:1:4 @ And the king worshipped it and went daily to adore it: but Daniel worshipped his own God. And the king said unto him, Why dost not thou worship Bel?