PLEAD my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
The 1611 reading
¶ Plead my cause (O LORD) with them that striue with mee: fight against them that fight against me.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To argue, appeal, or speak in support of a cause before one who may decide it. Sense 2: To contend, judge, vindicate, or maintain a cause.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Judges 6:31
Complete exact-word concordance
PLEAD my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
¶ Plead my cause (O LORD) with them that striue with mee: fight against them that fight against me.
JUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
¶ Iudge mee, O God, and plead my cause against an vngodly nation; O deliuer me from the deceitfull and vniust man.
1611 marginal noteOr, vnmercifull.
1611 marginal noteHebr. from a man of deceit, and iniquitie.
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
Arise, O God, plead thine owne cause: remember how the foolish man reprocheth thee daily.
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
Plead my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according to thy word.
Select a book to filter the concordance. Occurrences and verses are counted separately.
Source order
1 · KJV context and cross-references