Psalms 115:2

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] now their God?

Wherefore should the heathen {H1471} say {H559}, Where is now their God {H430}?

Why should the nations ask, "Where is their God?"

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their God?

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 42:3 (8 votes)

    My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God?

  • Psalms 79:10 (7 votes)

    Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight [by] the revenging of the blood of thy servants [which is] shed.

  • Psalms 42:10 (5 votes)

    [As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?

  • Exodus 32:12 (4 votes)

    Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief 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.

  • Joel 2:17 (3 votes)

    Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where [is] their God?

  • Numbers 14:15 (2 votes)

    Now [if] thou shalt kill [all] this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

  • Numbers 14:16 (2 votes)

    Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.