Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
Holman Bible
Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
International Standard Version
Why should the nations ask "Where now is their God?"
A Conservative Version
Why should the nations say, Where is now their God?
American Standard Version
Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their God?
Amplified
Why should the nations say,
“Where, now, is their God?”
Bible in Basic English
Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?
Darby Translation
Wherefore should the nations say, Where then is their God?
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore shall the nations say, Where now their God?
King James 2000
Why should the nations say, Where is now their God?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why should the nations say, "Where, {pray tell}, [is] their God?"
Modern King James verseion
Why should the nations say, Where now is their God?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore shall the Heathen say, "Where is now their God?"
New Heart English Bible
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?"
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore should the nations say, Pray where is their God?
Webster
Why should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
World English Bible
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?"
Youngs Literal Translation
Why do the nations say, 'Where, pray, is their God.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 115:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Dead Idols And The Living God
1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us! But to your name bring honor, for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness. 2 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" 3 Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases!
Cross References
Psalm 42:3
I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me, "Where is your God?"
Psalm 79:10
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!
Exodus 32:12
Why should the Egyptians say, 'For evil he led them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger, and relent of this evil against your people.
Psalm 42:10
My enemies' taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
Numbers 14:15-16
If you kill this entire people at once, then the nations that have heard of your fame will say,
Deuteronomy 32:26-27
"I said, 'I want to cut them in pieces. I want to make people forget they ever existed.
2 Kings 19:10-19
"Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: 'Don't let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, "Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."
Joel 2:17
Let the priests, those who serve the Lord, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say, "Have pity, O Lord, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, "Where is their God?"