'Contend' in the Bible
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;Let me know why You contend with me.
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
“Who will contend with me?For then I would be silent and die.
“Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power?No, surely He would pay attention to me.
Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person's words?
Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.
“No one is so fierce [and foolhardy] that he dares to stir up Leviathan;Who then is he who can stand before Me [or dares to contend with Me, the beast’s creator]?
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