contend

And the LORD said vnto mee, Distresse not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battell: for I wil not giue thee of their land for a possession, because I haue giuen Ar vnto the children of Lot for a possession.

1611 marginal noteOr, vse no hostilitie against Moab.

¶ Rise ye vp, take your iourney, and passe ouer the riuer Arnon: Behold, I haue giuen into thy hand Sihon the Amorite king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possesse it, and contend with him in battell.

1611 marginal noteHeb. begin, possesse.

If he will contend with him, he cannot answere him one of a thousand.

Will ye accept his person? Will yee contend for God?

They that forsake the law, praise the wicked: but such as keepe the Law, contend with them.

That which hath bene, is named already, and it is knowen that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier then he.

But thus saith the LORD, Euen the captiues of the mightie shall be taken away, and the pray of the terrible shall be deliuered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will saue thy children.

1611 marginal noteHeb. captiuitie.

He is neere that iustifieth me, who will contend with me? let vs stand together: who is mine aduersarie? let him come neere to me.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the master of my cause.

1611 marginal noteRom. 8.32, 33.

For I will not contend for euer, neither will I be alwayes wroth: for the spirit should faile before me, and the soules which I haue made.

¶ If thou hast runne with the footmen, and they haue wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou doe in the swelling of Iordan?