Psalms 115:2

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

Verse	KJV	BSB	ASV
2	Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?	Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”	Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their God?

Who is speaking and to whom, what is happening, when and where, and why it matters, each with its sources. Coming with the context cards.

English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
to why?	לָ֭מָּה	LA-mah	H4100	what מָא (ma) 1) what, whatever 1a) what? 1b) whatever, what, whatsoever 1c) how?, why?, wherefore? (with prefixes)
will they say	יֹאמְר֣וּ	yo-me-RU	H0559	to say אָמַר (a.mar) 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch Aramaic equivalent: a.mar (אֲמַר "to say" H0560)
the nations	הַגּוֹיִ֑ם	ha-go-YIM	H1471A	nation גּוֹי (goy) 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.)
where?	אַיֵּה־	'ai-yeh-	H0346	where? אַיֵּה (ay.yeh) 1) where? 1a) of persons, things 1b) rhetorical
please	נָ֝֗א	Na'	H4994	please נָא (na) 1) I (we) pray, now, please 1a) used in entreaty or exhortation
[is] God their	אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃	'e-lo-hei-HEM	H0430G	God אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) This name means "gods" (plural intensive-singular meaning), "God" Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.