Matthew 10:16
World English Bible (WEB)
“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
In context
14 Whoever doesn’t receive you or hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.
15 Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
17 But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
18 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
Matthew 10:16 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- “Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
- KJV King James Version
- Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.