Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
WEB
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
YLT
Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,
DBT
Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary [the] devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New Testament1 Peter — Peter to scattered exiles across Asia Minor — five chapters on suffering and a living hope. A royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people.
- Author
- The apostle Peter (1:1); Silvanus assisted (5:12)
- Date
- Early 60s AD, likely from ‘Babylon’ (Rome, 5:13)