'Contend' in the Bible

“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” declares the Lord,“And with your sons’ sons I will contend.

Why do you contend with me? You have rebelled against me," declares the LORD.

You will be righteous, Lord,even if I bring a case against You.Yet, I wish to contend with You:Why does the way of the wicked prosper?Why do all the treacherous live at ease?

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have 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 do in the swelling of Jordan?

Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

{Therefore} thus says Yahweh, "Look, I [am] going to contend your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will cause her sea to dry up, and I will cause her fountain to dry up.