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Genesis 26:27 (100.00%)

Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”

And Isaac H3327 said H559 (8799) unto them, Wherefore H4069 come H935 (8804) ye to me, seeing ye hate H8130 (8804) me, and have sent me away H7971 (8762) from you?

and Isaac saith unto them, ‘Wherefore have ye come unto me, and ye have hated me, and ye send me away from you?’

Genesis 40:7 (100.00%)

He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”

And he asked H7592 (8799) Pharaoh’s H6547 officers H5631 that [were] with him in the ward H4929 of his lord’s H113 house H1004, saying H559 (8800), Wherefore look H6440 ye [so] sadly H7451 to day H3117?

and he asketh Pharaoh’s eunuchs who are with him in charge in the house of his lord, saying, ‘Wherefore are your faces sad to-day?’

Exodus 3:3 (100.00%)

Moses said, “I will go now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.”

And Moses H4872 said H559 (8799), I will now turn aside H5493 (8799), and see H7200 (8799) this great H1419 sight H4758, why H4069 the bush H5572 is not burnt H1197 (8799).

And Moses saith, ‘Let me turn aside, I pray thee, and I see this great appearance; wherefore is the bush not burned?’

Exodus 1:18 (100.00%)

The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”

And the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 called H7121 (8799) for the midwives H3205 (8764), and said H559 (8799) unto them, Why H4069 have ye done H6213 (8804) this thing H1697, and have saved H2421 the men children H3206 alive H2421 (8762)?

and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, ‘Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?’

Exodus 2:18 (100.00%)

When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”

And when they came H935 (8799) to Reuel H7467 their father H1, he said H559 (8799), How H4069 [is it that] ye are come H935 (8800) so soon H4116 (8765) to day H3117?

And they come in to Reuel their father, and he saith, ‘Wherefore have ye hastened to come in to-day?’

Exodus 5:14 (100.00%)

The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, “Why haven’t you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?”

And the officers H7860 (8802) of the children H1121 of Israel H3478, which Pharaoh’s H6547 taskmasters H5065 (8802) had set H7760 (8804) over them, were beaten H5221 (8714), [and] demanded H559 (8800), Wherefore have ye not fulfilled H3615 (8765) your task H2706 in making brick H3835 (8800) both yesterday H8543 and to day H3117, as heretofore H8032 H8543?

And the authorities of the sons of Israel, whom the exactors of Pharaoh have placed over them, are beaten, saying, ‘Wherefore have ye not completed your portion in making brick as heretofore, both yesterday and to-day?’

Exodus 18:14 (100.00%)

When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, “What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?”

And when Moses H4872’ father in law H2859 (8802) saw H7200 (8799) all that he did H6213 (8802) to the people H5971, he said H559 (8799), What [is] this thing H1697 that thou doest H6213 (8802) to the people H5971? why sittest H3427 (8802) thou thyself alone, and all the people H5971 stand H5324 (8737) by thee from morning H1242 unto even H6153?

and the father-in-law of Moses seeth all that he is doing to the people, and saith, ‘What is this thing which thou art doing to the people? wherefore art thou sitting by thyself, and all the people standing by thee from morning till evening?’

Leviticus 10:17 (100.00%)

“Why haven’t you eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, since it is most holy, and he has given it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Yahweh?

Wherefore have ye not eaten H398 (8804) the sin offering H2403 in the holy H6944 place H4725, seeing it [is] most H6944 holy H6944, and [God] hath given H5414 (8804) it you to bear H5375 (8800) the iniquity H5771 of the congregation H5712, to make atonement H3722 (8763) for them before H6440 the LORD H3068?

‘Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the holy place, for it is most holy-and it He hath given to you to take away the iniquity of the company, to make atonement for them before Jehovah?

Numbers 12:8 (100.00%)

With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?”

With him will I speak H1696 (8762) mouth H6310 to mouth H6310, even apparently H4758, and not in dark speeches H2420; and the similitude H8544 of the LORD H3068 shall he behold H5027 (8686): wherefore then were ye not afraid H3372 (8804) to speak H1696 (8763) against my servant H5650 Moses H4872?

mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and by an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant-against Moses?’

Numbers 16:3 (100.00%)

They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above Yahweh’s assembly?”

And they gathered themselves together H6950 (8735) against Moses H4872 and against Aaron H175, and said H559 (8799) unto them, [Ye take] too much H7227 upon you, seeing all the congregation H5712 [are] holy H6918, every one of them, and the LORD H3068 [is] among H8432 them: wherefore then lift ye up H5375 (8691) yourselves above the congregation H6951 of the LORD H3068?

and they are assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and say unto them, ‘Enough of you! for all the company-all of them are holy, and in their midst is Jehovah; and wherefore do ye lift yourselves up above the assembly of Jehovah?’

Joshua 17:14 (100.00%)

The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me just one lot and one part for an inheritance, since we are a numerous people, because Yahweh has blessed us so far?”

And the children H1121 of Joseph H3130 spake H1696 (8762) unto Joshua H3091, saying H559 (8800), Why hast thou given H5414 (8804) me [but] one H259 lot H1486 and one H259 portion H2256 to inherit H5159, seeing I [am] a great H7227 people H5971, forasmuch as H5704 the LORD H3068 hath blessed H1288 (8765) me hitherto H3541?

And the sons of Joseph speak with Joshua, saying, ‘Wherefore hast thou given to me an inheritance-one lot and one portion, and I a numerous people? hitherto hath Jehovah blessed me.’

Judges 5:28 (100.00%)

“Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’

The mother H517 of Sisera H5516 looked H8259 (8738) out at a window H2474, and cried H2980 (8762) through the lattice H822, Why is his chariot H7393 [so] long H954 (8765) in coming H935 (8800)? why tarry H309 (8765) the wheels H6471 of his chariots H4818?

Through the window she hath looked out- Yea, she crieth out-the mother of Sisera, Through the lattice: Wherefore is his chariot delaying to come? Wherefore tarried have the steps of his chariot?

Judges 9:28 (100.00%)

Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn’t he the son of Jerubbaal? Isn’t Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem, but why should we serve him?

And Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 said H559 (8799), Who [is] Abimelech H40, and who [is] Shechem H7927, that we should serve H5647 (8799) him? [is] not [he] the son H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378? and Zebul H2083 his officer H6496? serve H5647 (8798) the men H582 of Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem H7927: for why should we serve H5647 (8799) him?

And Gaal son of Ebed saith, ‘Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we serve him? is he not son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his commander? Serve ye the men of Hamor father of Shechem, and wherefore do we serve him-we?

Judges 12:1 (100.00%)

The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!”

And the men H376 of Ephraim H669 gathered themselves together H6817 (8735), and went H5674 (8799) northward H6828, and said H559 (8799) unto Jephthah H3316, Wherefore passedst thou over H5674 (8804) to fight H3898 (8736) against the children H1121 of Ammon H5983, and didst not call H7121 (8804) us to go H3212 (8800) with thee? we will burn H8313 (8799) thine house H1004 upon thee with fire H784.

And the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, ‘Wherefore has thou passed over to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and on us hast not called to go with thee? thy house we burn over thee with fire.’

Judges 11:26 (100.00%)

Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along the side of the Arnon for three hundred years! Why didn’t you recover them within that time?

While Israel H3478 dwelt H3427 (8800) in Heshbon H2809 and her towns H1323, and in Aroer H6177 and her towns H1323, and in all the cities H5892 that [be] along by the coasts H3027 of Arnon H769, three H7969 hundred H3967 years H8141? why therefore did ye not recover H5337 (8689) [them] within that time H6256?

In Israel’s dwelling in Heshbon and in its towns, and in Aroer and in its towns, and in all the cities which are by the sides of Arnon three hundred years-and wherefore have ye not delivered them in that time?

Judges 11:7 (100.00%)

Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Didn’t you hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?”

And Jephthah H3316 said H559 (8799) unto the elders H2205 of Gilead H1568, Did not ye hate H8130 (8804) me, and expel H1644 (8762) me out of my father’s H1 house H1004? and why are ye come H935 (8804) unto me now when ye are in distress H6887 (8804)?

And Jephthah saith to the elders of Gilead, ‘Have not ye hated me? and ye cast me out from the house of my father, and wherefore have ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?’

Ruth 2:10 (100.00%)

Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, since I am a foreigner?”

Then she fell H5307 (8799) on her face H6440, and bowed H7812 (8691) herself to the ground H776, and said H559 (8799) unto him, Why have I found H4672 (8804) grace H2580 in thine eyes H5869, that thou shouldest take knowledge H5234 (8687) of me, seeing I [am] a stranger H5237?

And she falleth on her face, and boweth herself to the earth, and saith unto him, ‘Wherefore have I found grace in thine eyes, to discern me, and I a stranger?’

1 Samuel 21:1 (100.00%)

Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man with you?”

Then came H935 (8799) David H1732 to Nob H5011 to Ahimelech H288 the priest H3548: and Ahimelech H288 was afraid H2729 (8799) at the meeting H7125 (8800) of David H1732, and said H559 (8799) unto him, Why [art] thou alone, and no man H376 with thee?

And David cometh in to Nob, unto Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembleth at meeting David, and saith to him, ‘Wherefore art thou thyself alone, and no man with thee?’

1 Samuel 20:2 (100.00%)

He said to him, “Far from it; you will not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me. Why would my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”

And he said H559 (8799) unto him, God forbid H2486; thou shalt not die H4191 (8799): behold, my father H1 will do H6213 (8799) (8675) H6213 (8804) nothing H1697 either great H1419 or small H6996, but that he will shew H1540 (8799) H241 it me: and why should my father H1 hide H5641 (8686) this thing H1697 from me? it [is] not [so].

And he saith to him, ‘Far be it! thou dost not die; lo, my father doth not do anything great or small and doth not uncover mine ear; and wherefore doth my father hide from me this thing? this thing is not.’

1 Samuel 20:27 (100.00%)

On the next day after the new moon, the second day, David’s place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why didn’t the son of Jesse come to eat, either yesterday, or today?”

And it came to pass on the morrow H4283, [which was] the second H8145 [day] of the month H2320, that David’s H1732 place H4725 was empty H6485 (8735): and Saul H7586 said H559 (8799) unto Jonathan H3083 his son H1121, Wherefore cometh H935 (8804) not the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 to meat H3899, neither yesterday H8543, nor to day H3117?

And it cometh to pass on the second morrow of the new moon, that David’s place is looked after, and Saul saith unto Jonathan his son, ‘Wherefore hath the son of Jesse not come in, either yesterday or to-day, unto the food?’

2 Samuel 3:7 (100.00%)

Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”

And Saul H7586 had a concubine H6370, whose name H8034 [was] Rizpah H7532, the daughter H1323 of Aiah H345: and [Ishbosheth] said H559 (8799) to Abner H74, Wherefore hast thou gone in H935 (8804) unto my father’s H1 concubine H6370?

and Saul hath a concubine, and her name is Rizpah daughter of Aiah, and Ish-Bosheth saith unto Abner, ‘Wherefore hast thou gone in unto the concubine of my father?’

2 Samuel 11:20 (100.00%)

it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn’t you know that they would shoot from the wall?

And if so be that the king’s H4428 wrath H2534 arise H5927 (8799), and he say H559 (8804) unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh H5066 (8738) unto the city H5892 when ye did fight H3898 (8736)? knew H3045 (8804) ye not that they would shoot H3384 (8686) from the wall H2346?

then, it hath been, if the king’s fury ascend, and he hath said to thee, Wherefore did ye draw nigh unto the city to fight? did ye not know that they shoot from off the wall?

2 Samuel 11:10 (100.00%)

When they had told David, saying, “Uriah didn’t go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you come from a journey? Why didn’t you go down to your house?”

And when they had told H5046 (8686) David H1732, saying H559 (8800), Uriah H223 went not down H3381 (8804) unto his house H1004, David H1732 said H559 (8799) unto Uriah H223, Camest H935 (8802) thou not from [thy] journey H1870? why [then] didst thou not go down H3381 (8804) unto thine house H1004?

And they declare to David, saying, ‘Uriah hath not gone down unto his house;’ and David saith unto Uriah, ‘Hast thou not come from a journey? wherefore hast thou not gone down unto thy house?’

2 Samuel 12:9 (100.00%)

Why have you despised Yahweh’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

Wherefore hast thou despised H959 (8804) the commandment H1697 of the LORD H3068, to do H6213 (8800) evil H7451 in his sight H5869? thou hast killed H5221 (8689) Uriah H223 the Hittite H2850 with the sword H2719, and hast taken H3947 (8804) his wife H802 [to be] thy wife H802, and hast slain H2026 (8804) him with the sword H2719 of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983.

‘Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do the evil thing in His eyes? Uriah the Hittite thou hast smitten by the sword, and his wife thou hast taken to thee for a wife, and him thou hast slain by the sword of the Bene-Ammon.

2 Samuel 13:4 (100.00%)

He said to him, “Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

And he said H559 (8799) unto him, Why [art] thou, [being] the king’s H4428 son H1121, lean H1800 from day H1242 to day H1242? wilt thou not tell H5046 (8686) me? And Amnon H550 said H559 (8799) unto him, I love H157 (8802) Tamar H8559, my brother H251 Absalom’s H53 sister H269.

and saith to him, ‘Wherefore art thou thus lean, O king’s son, morning by morning? dost thou not declare to me?’ And Amnon saith to him, ‘Tamar-sister of Absalom my brother-I am loving.’

2 Samuel 18:11 (100.00%)

Joab said to the man who told him, “Behold, you saw it, and why didn’t you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a sash.”

And Joab H3097 said H559 (8799) unto the man H376 that told H5046 (8688) him, And, behold, thou sawest H7200 (8804) [him], and why didst thou not smite H5221 (8689) him there to the ground H776? and I would have given H5414 (8800) thee ten H6235 [shekels] of silver H3701, and a H259 girdle H2290.

And Joab saith to the man who is declaring it to him, ‘And lo, thou hast seen-and wherefore didst thou not smite him there to the earth-and on me to give to thee ten silverlings and one girdle?’

2 Samuel 16:10 (100.00%)

The king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’ ”

And the king H4428 said H559 (8799), What have I to do with you, ye sons H1121 of Zeruiah H6870? so let him curse H7043 (8762), because the LORD H3068 hath said H559 (8804) unto him, Curse H7043 (8761) David H1732. Who shall then say H559 (8799), Wherefore hast thou done so H6213 (8804)?

And the king saith, ‘What-to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah? for-let him revile; even because Jehovah hath said to him, Revile David; and who saith, Wherefore hast Thou done so?’

2 Samuel 19:43 (100.00%)

The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

And the men H376 of Israel H3478 answered H6030 (8799) the men H376 of Judah H3063, and said H559 (8799), We have ten H6235 parts H3027 in the king H4428, and we H589 have also more [right] in David H1732 than ye: why then did ye despise H7043 (8689) us, that our advice H1697 should not be first H7223 had in bringing back H7725 (8687) our king H4428? And the words H1697 of the men H376 of Judah H3063 were fiercer H7185 (8799) than the words H1697 of the men H376 of Israel H3478.

And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, ‘Ten parts we have in the king, and also in David more than you; and wherefore have ye lightly esteemed us, that our word hath not been first to bring back our king?’ And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 19:41 (100.00%)

Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?”

And, behold, all the men H376 of Israel H3478 came H935 (8802) to the king H4428, and said H559 (8799) unto the king H4428, Why have our brethren H251 the men H376 of Judah H3063 stolen thee away H1589 (8804), and have brought H5674 (8686) the king H4428, and his household H1004, and all David’s H1732 men H582 with him, over Jordan H3383?

And, lo, all the men of Israel are coming unto the king, and they say unto the king, ‘Wherefore have they stolen thee-our brethren, the men of Judah?’ (and they bring the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him).

1 Kings 1:6 (100.00%)

His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, “Why have you done so?” and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.

And his father H1 had not displeased H6087 (8804) him at any time H3117 in saying H559 (8800), Why hast thou done so H6213 (8804)? and he also [was a] very H3966 goodly H2896 H8389 [man]; and [his mother] bare H3205 (8804) him after H310 Absalom H53.

and his father hath not grieved him all his days, saying, ‘Wherefore thus hast thou done?’ and he also is of a very good form, and his mother bare him after Absalom.

1 Kings 2:43 (100.00%)

Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh and the commandment that I have instructed you with?”

Why then hast thou not kept H8104 (8804) the oath H7621 of the LORD H3068, and the commandment H4687 that I have charged H6680 (8765) thee with?

and wherefore hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the charge that I charged upon thee?’

2 Samuel 24:21 (100.00%)

Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy your threshing floor, to build an altar to Yahweh, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting the people.”

And Araunah H728 said H559 (8799), Wherefore is my lord H113 the king H4428 come H935 (8804) to his servant H5650? And David H1732 said H559 (8799), To buy H7069 (8800) the threshingfloor H1637 of thee, to build H1129 (8800) an altar H4196 unto the LORD H3068, that the plague H4046 may be stayed H6113 (8735) from the people H5971.

And Araunah saith, ‘Wherefore hath my lord the king come unto his servant?’ and David saith, ‘To buy from thee the threshing-floor, to build an altar to Jehovah, and the plague is restrained from the people.’

1 Kings 1:13 (100.00%)

Go in to King David, and tell him, ‘Didn’t you, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then does Adonijah reign?’

Go H3212 (8798) and get thee in H935 (8798) unto king H4428 David H1732, and say H559 (8804) unto him, Didst not thou, my lord H113, O king H4428, swear H7650 (8738) unto thine handmaid H519, saying H559 (8800), Assuredly H3588 Solomon H8010 thy son H1121 shall reign H4427 (8799) after H310 me, and he shall sit H3427 (8799) upon my throne H3678? why then doth Adonijah H138 reign H4427 (8804)?

go and enter in unto king David, and thou hast said unto him, Hast thou not, my lord, O king, sworn to thy handmaid, saying, Surely Solomon thy son doth reign after me, and he doth sit on my throne? and wherefore hath Adonijah reigned?

1 Kings 1:41 (100.00%)

Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?”

And Adonijah H138 and all the guests H7121 (8803) that [were] with him heard H8085 (8799) [it] as they had made an end H3615 (8765) of eating H398 (8800). And when Joab H3097 heard H8085 (8799) the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782, he said H559 (8799), Wherefore [is this] noise H6963 of the city H7151 being in an uproar H1993 (8802)?

And Adonijah heareth, and all those called, who are with him, and they have finished to eat, and Joab heareth the noise of the trumpet, and saith, ‘Wherefore is the noise of the city roaring?’

2 Kings 4:23 (100.00%)

He said, “Why would you want to go to him today? It is not a new moon or a Sabbath.” She said, “It’s all right.”

And he said H559 (8799), Wherefore wilt thou go H1980 (8802) to him to day H3117? [it is] neither new moon H2320, nor sabbath H7676. And she said H559 (8799), [It shall be] well H7965.

And he saith, ‘Wherefore art thou going unto him to-day?-neither new moon nor sabbath!’ and she saith, ‘Peace to thee!’

2 Kings 9:11 (100.00%)

When Jehu came out to the servants of his lord and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?” He said to them, “You know the man and how he talks.”

Then Jehu H3058 came forth H3318 (8804) to the servants H5650 of his lord H113: and [one] said H559 (8799) unto him, [Is] all well H7965? wherefore came H935 (8804) this mad H7696 (8794) [fellow] to thee? And he said H559 (8799) unto them, Ye know H3045 (8804) the man H376, and his communication H7879.

And Jehu hath gone out unto the servants of his lord, and one saith to him, ‘Is there peace? wherefore came this madman unto thee?’ and he saith unto them, ‘Ye have known the man and his talk.’

2 Kings 8:12 (100.00%)

Hazael said, “Why do you weep, my lord?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, and will dash their little ones in pieces, and rip up their pregnant women.”

And Hazael H2371 said H559 (8799), Why weepeth H1058 (8802) my lord H113? And he answered H559 (8799), Because I know H3045 (8804) the evil H7451 that thou wilt do H6213 (8799) unto the children H1121 of Israel H3478: their strong holds H4013 wilt thou set H7971 (8762) on fire H784, and their young men H970 wilt thou slay H2026 (8799) with the sword H2719, and wilt dash H7376 (8762) their children H5768, and rip up H1234 (8762) their women with child H2030.

And Hazael saith, ‘Wherefore is my lord weeping?’ and he saith, ‘Because I have known the evil that thou dost to the sons of Israel-their fenced places thou dost send into fire, and their young men with sword thou dost slay, and their sucklings thou dost dash to pieces, and their pregnant women thou dost rip up.’

2 Kings 12:7 (100.00%)

Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said to them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage to the house? Now therefore take no more money from your treasurers, but deliver it for repair of the damage to the house.”

Then king H4428 Jehoash H3060 called H7121 (8799) for Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548, and the [other] priests H3548, and said H559 (8799) unto them, Why repair H2388 (8764) ye not the breaches H919 of the house H1004? now therefore receive H3947 (8799) no [more] money H3701 of your acquaintance H4378, but deliver H5414 (8799) it for the breaches H919 of the house H1004.

and king Jehoash calleth to Jehoiada the priest, and to the priests, and saith unto them, ‘Wherefore are ye not strengthening the breach of the house? and now, receive no money from your acquaintances, but for the breach of the house give it.’

2 Chronicles 24:6 (100.00%)

The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, “Why haven’t you required of the Levites to bring in the tax of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the assembly of Israel, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, for the Tent of the Testimony?”

And the king H4428 called H7121 (8799) for Jehoiada H3077 the chief H7218, and said H559 (8799) unto him, Why hast thou not required H1875 (8804) of the Levites H3881 to bring in H935 (8687) out of Judah H3063 and out of Jerusalem H3389 the collection H4864, [according to the commandment] of Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068, and of the congregation H6951 of Israel H3478, for the tabernacle H168 of witness H5715?

And the king calleth for Jehoiada the head, and saith to him, ‘Wherefore hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses, servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

Nehemiah 2:2 (100.00%)

The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.

Wherefore the king H4428 said H559 (8799) unto me, Why [is] thy countenance H6440 sad H7451, seeing thou [art] not sick H2470 (8802)? this [is] nothing [else] but sorrow H7455 of heart H3820. Then I was very H3966 sore H7235 (8687) afraid H3372 (8799),

and the king saith to me, ‘Wherefore is thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sadness of heart;’ and I fear very much,

Nehemiah 2:3 (100.00%)

I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”

And said H559 (8799) unto the king H4428, Let the king H4428 live H2421 (8799) for ever H5769: why should not my countenance H6440 be sad H3415 (8799), when the city H5892, the place H1004 of my fathers H1’ sepulchres H6913, [lieth] waste H2720, and the gates H8179 thereof are consumed H398 (8795) with fire H784?

and say to the king, ‘Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, is a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?’

Nehemiah 13:21 (100.00%)

Then I testified against them, and said to them, “Why do you stay around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they didn’t come on the Sabbath.

Then I testified H5749 (8686) against them, and said H559 (8799) unto them, Why lodge H3885 (8801) ye about H5048 the wall H2346? if ye do [so] again H8138 (8799), I will lay H7971 (8799) hands H3027 on you. From that time H6256 forth came H935 (8804) they no [more] on the sabbath H7676.

and I testify against them, and say unto them, ‘Wherefore are ye lodging over-against the wall? if ye repeat it, a hand I put forth upon you;’ from that time they have not come in on the sabbath.

Nehemiah 13:11 (100.00%)

Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God’s house forsaken?” I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

Then contended H7378 (8799) I with the rulers H5461, and said H559 (8799), Why is the house H1004 of God H430 forsaken H5800 (8738)? And I gathered them together H6908 (8762), and set H5975 (8686) them in their place H5977.

And I strive with the prefects, and say, ‘Wherefore hath the house of God been forsaken?’ and I gather them, and set them on their station;

Esther 3:3 (100.00%)

Then the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s commandment?”

Then the king’s H4428 servants H5650, which [were] in the king’s H4428 gate H8179, said H559 (8799) unto Mordecai H4782, Why transgressest H5674 (8802) thou the king’s H4428 commandment H4687?

And the servants of the king, who are in the gate of the king, say to Mordecai, ‘Wherefore art thou transgressing the command of the king?’

Job 3:12 (100.00%)

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?

Why did the knees H1290 prevent H6923 (8765) me? or why the breasts H7699 that I should suck H3243 (8799)?

Wherefore have knees been before me? And what are breasts, that I suck?

Job 18:3 (100.00%)

Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?

Wherefore are we counted H2803 (8738) as beasts H929, [and] reputed vile H2933 (8738) in your sight H5869?

Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!

Job 21:7 (100.00%)

“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

Wherefore do the wicked H7563 live H2421 (8799), become old H6275 (8804), yea, are mighty H1396 (8804) in power H2428?

Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.

Job 21:4 (100.00%)

As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?

As for me, [is] my complaint H7879 to man H120? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit H7307 be troubled H7114 (8799)?

I-to man is my complaint? and if so, wherefore May not my temper become short?

Job 24:1 (100.00%)

“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?

Why, seeing times H6256 are not hidden H6845 (8738) from the Almighty H7706, do they that know H3045 (8802) him not see H2372 (8804) his days H3117?

Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

Job 33:13 (100.00%)

Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?

Why dost thou strive H7378 (8804) against him? for he giveth not account H6030 (8799) of any of his matters H1697.

Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When for all His matters He answereth not?

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.