Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 2:29 · retained source text
Wherefore will yee plead with me? yee all haue transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
KJV dictionary & concordance
plead
Meaning of “plead”
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
KJV context and cross-references
39 occurrences35 verses11 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Judges 6:31
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Every verse containing “plead”
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 2:35 · retained source text
Yet thou sayest; Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turne from me: behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I haue not sinned.
RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 12:1 · retained source text
¶ Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I pleade with thee: yet let mee talke with thee of thy iudgements: Wherefore doeth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they happie that deale very treacherously?
1611 marginal noteOr, let me reason the case with thee.
1611 marginal noteIob 21.7. psal. 37.1. and 73.3. hab. 1.3.
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 25:31 · retained source text
A noise shall come euen to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controuersie with the nations: hee will pleade with all flesh, he will giue them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 30:13 · retained source text
There is none to pleade thy cause, that thou mayest bee bonnd vp: thou hast no healing medicines.
1611 marginal noteHeb. for binding vp, or pressing.
Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 50:34 · retained source text
Their Redeemer is strong, the LORD of hosts is his Name, he shall throughly pleade their cause, that hee may giue rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 51:36 · retained source text
Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I wil plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee, and I will drie vp her sea, and make her springs drie.
And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 17:20 · retained source text
And I will spread my net vpon him, & he shalbe taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespasse, that he hath trespassed against me.
1611 marginal noteChap.12.13. and 32.3.
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 20:35 · retained source text
And I wil bring you into the wildernes of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 20:36 · retained source text
Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wildernes of the land of Egypt, so wil I plead with you, saith the LORD God.
Complete reference index — all 35 verses
Judges 6:31Judges 6:321 Samuel 24:15Job 9:19Job 13:19Job 16:21Job 19:5Job 23:6Psalms 35:1Psalms 43:1Psalms 74:22Psalms 119:154Proverbs 22:23Proverbs 23:11Proverbs 31:9Isaiah 1:17Isaiah 3:13Isaiah 43:26Isaiah 66:16Jeremiah 2:9Jeremiah 2:29Jeremiah 2:35Jeremiah 12:1Jeremiah 25:31Jeremiah 30:13Jeremiah 50:34Jeremiah 51:36Ezekiel 17:20Ezekiel 20:35Ezekiel 20:36Ezekiel 38:22Hosea 2:2Joel 3:2Micah 6:2Micah 7:9
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