contended Then {contended} I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. contended Then I {contended} with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing [is] this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? contended And I {contended} with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. contended If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they {contended} with me; contended Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that {contended} with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. contended And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision {contended} with him, ~~~~~~