KJV King James Version
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
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1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
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.
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,
Surrounding context — 1 Peter 5
5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you].
11 To him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
νήψατε,G3525 · nēphōbe soberγρηγορήσατεG1127 · grēgoreōto keep watchὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀντίδικοςG476 · antidikosopponentὑμῶνG4771 · suyouδιάβολοςG1228 · diabolosdevilish/the DevilὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenλέωνG3023 · leōnlionὠρυόμενοςG5612 · ōruomaito roarπεριπατεῖG4043 · peripateōto walkζητῶνG2212 · zēteōto seekτιναG5100 · tisoneκαταπιεῖν·G2666 · katapinōto swallow
Cross-references
Ephesians 6:11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.James 4:7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Ephesians 4:27Neither give place to the devil.Job 2:2And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.1 Peter 1:13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.1 John 3:8-10He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.1 Thessalonians 5:6-8Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.Luke 21:36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.Luke 22:31And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat:Romans 13:11-13And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.Titus 2:12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;John 8:44Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.Revelation 12:12Therefore rejoice, [ye] heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.Matthew 13:39The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.Matthew 24:42Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares.
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