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1 Peter 5:8

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

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1 Peter 5:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

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

1 Peter 5:8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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

1 Peter 5:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

1 Peter 5:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

1 Peter 5:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

Control yourselves and be careful! The devil, your enemy, goes around like a roaring lion looking for someone to eat.

1 Peter 5:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

1 Peter 5:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.

1 Peter 5:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Keep your mind clear, and be alert. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion as he looks for someone to devour.

1 Peter 5:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.

1 Peter 5:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.

1 Peter 5:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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

1 Peter 5:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Control yourselves. Be on your guard. Your enemy the devil is like a roaring lion. He prowls around looking for someone to chew up and swallow.

1 Peter 5:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.


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