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why

Concordance for “why”

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282 occurrences261 verses39 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:6

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Isaiah 1:5
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:5 · retained source text

¶ Why should yee be stricken any more? yee will reuolt more and more: the whole head is sicke, and the whole heart faint.

1611 marginal noteHeb. increase reuolt.

Isaiah 40:27
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 40:27 · retained source text

Why sayest thou, O Iacob, and speakest O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my iudgement is passed ouer from my God?

Isaiah 63:17
¶ O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 63:17 · retained source text

¶ O LORD, why hast thou made vs to erre from thy wayes? and hardened our heart from thy feare? Returne for thy seruants sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

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