1 Peter 5:8
World English Bible (WEB)
Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
In context
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,
7 casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
9 Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.
10 But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
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1 Peter 5:8 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
- KJV King James Version
- Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,
- DBY Darby Translation
- Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary [the] devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: