These examples show how Dubitatio functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
What more was there to do?
The rhetorical question presents the LORD’s case as though weighing what further action could have been taken.
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What shall I do with you?
The question expresses covenantal grief and exposes Israel’s fleeting loyalty.
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to what shall I compare this generation?
Jesus frames His rebuke through deliberative comparison.
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With what can we compare the kingdom of God?
Jesus opens a parable with a deliberative question that draws the hearer into comparison.
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to what then shall I compare the people of this generation?
The question introduces a searching diagnosis of the generation’s unbelief.
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what shall I say?
Jesus’ question expresses the solemn weight of the approaching hour, not ignorance of His mission.
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What shall we say then?
Paul uses deliberative questioning to address a false inference from grace.
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What do you wish?
Paul frames his coming discipline through a searching question.
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I am perplexed about you
Paul openly expresses pastoral perplexity as part of his appeal.
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what more shall I say?
The writer uses rhetorical deliberation to transition from detailed examples to a compressed catalogue of faith.
Source: Draft-normalized biblical example — Wave 13 advanced rhetorical and word-pattern forms
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