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why

Concordance for “why”

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:6

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Nehemiah 2:2
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 2:2 · retained source text

Wherefore the king said vnto me, Why is thy countenance sadde, seeing thou art not sicke? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

Nehemiah 2:3
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 2:3 · retained source text

And said vnto the king, Let the king liue for euer: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers Sepulchres, lyeth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

Nehemiah 6:3
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 6:3 · retained source text

And I sent messengers vnto them, saying, I am doing a great worke, so that I can not come down: why should the worke cease, whilest I leaue it, and come downe to you?

Nehemiah 13:11
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nehemiah 13:11 · retained source text

Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

1611 marginal noteHeb. standing.

Nehemiah 13:21
Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 13:21 · retained source text

Then I testified against them, and said vnto them, Why lodge yee about the wall? If ye doe so againe, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the Sabbath.

1611 marginal noteHeb. before the wall.

Esther 3:3
Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Esther 3:3 · retained source text

Then the kings seruants, which were in the kings gate, sayd vnto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the kings commandement?

Esther 4:5
Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Esther 4:5 · retained source text

Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the kings chamberlaines, whom he had appointed to attend vpon her, and gaue him a commaundement to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

1611 marginal noteHeb. whom he had set before her.

Job 3:11
Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 3:11 · retained source text

Why died I not from the wombe? why did I not giue vp the ghost when I came out of the bellie?

Job 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 3:23 · retained source text

Why is light giuen to a man, whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

1611 marginal noteChap. 19.8.

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