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1 Peter 5:8

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8aBe sober-minded; bbe watchful. Your cadversary the devil dprowls around elike a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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1 Peter 5:8: Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Cross references

  1. aSee ch. 1:13
  2. bSee Matt. 24:42
  3. cEph. 4:27; 6:11; Rev. 12:9, 12; [Job 1:9–12; Luke 22:31; 2 Cor. 2:11]
  4. dJob 1:7; 2:2
  5. e[Ps. 22:21]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.

NLTNew Living Translation

Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

KJV 1900King James Version

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: