King James Version

Psalms 115:2

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

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לָ֭מָּהlamahto howמָהpreposition, particle, interrogative — “to how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.יֹאמְר֣וּyomrvsayאָמַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “say”, an unfinished actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…הַגּוֹיִ֑םhagoyimthe Gentileגּוֹיdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.אַיֵּהayehwhereאַיֵּהparticle, interrogative — “where”H346where?where.נָ֝֗אnaI beseech theeנָאparticle, exhortation — “I beseech thee”H4994'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionI beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽםeloheyhemGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Wherefore should the nations say: 'Where is now their God?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Why do the nations say, 'Where, pray, [is] their God.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Wherefore should the nations say: 'Where is now their God?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

lest at any time the nations should say, Where is their God?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

μή ποτε εἴπωσι τὰ ἔθνη, ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς αὐτῶν;