Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם wa-’ă-mar-tem And yet you say Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- why Prep 4100 [e] מָ֑ה māh; what Interrog 5921 [e] עַ֡ל ‘al because Prep 3588 [e] כִּי־ kî- that Conj 3068 [e] יְהוָה֩ Yah-weh Yahweh N-proper-ms 5749 [e] הֵעִ֨יד hê-‘îḏ has been witness V-Hifil-Perf-3ms 996 [e] בֵּינְךָ֜ bê-nə-ḵā Between you Prep | 2ms 996 [e] וּבֵ֣ין ׀ ū-ḇên and Conj-w | Prep 802 [e] אֵ֣שֶׁת ’ê-šeṯ the wife N-fsc 5271 [e] נְעוּרֶ֗יךָ nə-‘ū-re-ḵā, of your youth N-mpc | 2ms 834 [e] אֲשֶׁ֤ר ’ă-šer with whom Pro-r 859 [e] אַתָּה֙ ’at-tāh you Pro-2ms 898 [e] בָּגַ֣דְתָּה bā-ḡaḏ-tāh have dealt treacherously V-Qal-Perf-2ms   בָּ֔הּ bāh, against Prep | 3fs 1931 [e] וְהִ֥יא wə-hî and yet she [is] Conj-w | Pro-3fs 2278 [e] חֲבֶרְתְּךָ֖ ḥă-ḇer-tə-ḵā your companion N-fsc | 2ms 802 [e] וְאֵ֥שֶׁת wə-’ê-šeṯ and your wife by Conj-w | N-fsc 1285 [e] בְּרִיתֶֽךָ׃ bə-rî-ṯe-ḵā. covenant N-fsc | 2ms

New American Standard Bible
"Yet you say, 'For what reason?' Because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

King James Bible
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet you ask, "For what reason?" Because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have acted treacherously against her, though she was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.

Wherefore.

Malachi 1:6,7 A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a …

Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, Wherein …

Proverbs 30:20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, …

Isaiah 58:3 Why have we fasted, say they, and you see not? why have we afflicted …

Jeremiah 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, they were …

the Lord.

Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness …

Genesis 31:50 If you shall afflict my daughters, or if you shall take other wives …

Judges 11:10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be witness between …

1 Samuel 12:5 And he said to them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed …

Jeremiah 42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness …

Micah 1:2 Hear, all you people; listen, O earth, and all that therein is: and …

the wife.

Malachi 2:15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And …

Proverbs 5:18,19 Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth…

Ecclesiastes 9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of the life …

Isaiah 54:6 For the LORD has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, …

thy companion.

Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; …

Proverbs 2:17 Which forsakes the guide of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God.

Songs 1:15 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' eyes.

Ezekiel 16:8 Now when I passed by you, and looked on you, behold, your time was …

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