Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
Be sober, be alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Holman Bible
Be serious!
International Standard Version
Be clear-minded and alert. Your opponent, the Devil, is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
A Conservative Version
Be sober, be vigilant. Your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom to devour.
American Standard Version
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,
Amplified
Be sober [well balanced and self-disciplined], be alert and cautious at all times. That enemy of yours, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion [fiercely hungry], seeking someone to devour.
An Understandable Version
Be sensible and alert; your enemy the devil is prowling around like a roaring [i.e., hungry] lion looking for someone to [kill and] eat.
Anderson New Testament
Be sober, be watchful: for your adversary, the devil, like a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour.
Bible in Basic English
Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
Daniel Mace New Testament
Be temperate, be vigilant: for your adversary the Devil goes about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Darby Translation
Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Be sober, be vigilant: your adversary, the devil, is walking about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour:
Godbey New Testament
Be sober, watch. The devil is walking round like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour:
Goodspeed New Testament
Be calm and watchful. Your opponent the devil is prowling about like a roaring lion, wanting to devour you.
John Wesley New Testament
for your adversary the devil, walketh about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour:
Julia Smith Translation
Be abstemious, watch; for your adversary the accuser, as a roaring lion, walks around, seeking whom he might swallow down:
King James 2000
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
Modern King James verseion
Be sensible and vigilant, because your adversary the Devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone he may devour;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be sober, and watch. For your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Moffatt New Testament
Keep cool, keep awake. Your enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion, looking out for someone to devour.
Montgomery New Testament
Be temperate, be vigilant; because your enemy, the devil, is prowling about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
NET Bible
Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.
New Heart English Bible
Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Noyes New Testament
Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour;
Sawyer New Testament
Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil goes about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour;
The Emphasized Bible
Be sober! be watchful! Your slanderous adversary, as a roaring lion, is walking about - seeking to devour:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Be sober, be vigilant; for your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, prowleth around, seeking whom he may devour:
Twentieth Century New Testament
Exercise self-control, be watchful. Your adversary, the Devil, like a roaring lion, is prowling about, eager to devour you.
Webster
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Weymouth New Testament
Curb every passion, and be on the alert. Your great accuser, the Devil, is going about like a roaring lion to see whom he can devour.
Williams New Testament
Be calm and alert. Your opponent the devil is always prowling about like a roaring lion, trying to devour you.
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.
Worrell New Testament
Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, is going about, seeking whom he may devour;
Worsley New Testament
Be sober, be vigilant; for your adversary the devil, like a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Youngs Literal Translation
Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,
Themes
Activity » Evil » General references to
Adversary » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » Duty of resisting
Adversary » Power of » Preying upon men
Devil/devils » What satan does
Devil/devils » Resisting the devil
the Earth » Satan goes to and fro in
Evil » Activity » General references to
satanic Invasion » Of all who will give him entrance
Lions » Illustrative » Of the devil
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Watchfulness against sin and temptation
Satan » Tempts men vanquished by men » Resistance to
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Preying upon men
Satanic » Invasion » Of all who will give him entrance
Satan's » Work » Preying upon men
Serpent » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » Duty of resisting
Serpent » Power of » Preying upon men
Suffering » Who shall suffer persecution
Temptation » Saints should » Watch against
Tempter » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » Duty of resisting
Tempter » Power of » Preying upon men
The Devil » Character of » Fierce and cruel
The Devil » Compared to » A roaring lion
Titles and names of the devil » Adversary
War » Figurative » Is against » The Devil
War » Figurative » To be carried on » With watchfulness
War » Figurative » To be carried on » With sobriety
Warfare of saints » Is against » The Devil
Warfare of saints » To be carried on » With watchfulness
Warfare of saints » To be carried on » With sobriety
Watchfulness » For the coming of Christ, reasons for » Against sin and temptation
Watchfulness » Motives to » Incessant assaults of the devil
Interlinear
Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 Peter 5:8
Devotionals containing 1 Peter 5:8
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 Peter 5:8
Prayers for 1 Peter 5:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instructions For Christians
7 Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. 8 Be sober, be alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren throughout the world.
Names
Cross References
Ephesians 6:11
Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
1 Peter 1:13
Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober in spirit, set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole worldhe was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Luke 22:31
"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat.
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Ephesians 4:27
and do not give the devil an opportunity.
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was rescued from the lion's mouth.
1 John 3:8-10
He who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
Luke 21:36
Watch at all times, and pray always that you may have strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man."
Romans 13:11-13
And do this, knowing the hour, that now it is full time for you to wake from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us be alert and sober.
Revelation 12:12
Rejoice then, O heavens and you that dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!"
Revelation 20:10
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Matthew 4:1
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Matthew 4:11
Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.
Matthew 13:39
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
Matthew 24:42
Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
Matthew 24:48-50
But if that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'
Matthew 25:41
"Then he will say to those on his left hand, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels:
Luke 12:45-46
But if that servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
Luke 21:34
"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly like a trap.
1 Timothy 2:9
I also want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and sensibly, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly garments,
1 Timothy 2:15
But women will be saved through the bearing of children, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with self-restraint.
1 Timothy 3:2
Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
1 Timothy 3:11
The women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.
Titus 1:8
but hospitable, a lover of what is good, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled;
Titus 2:2
The older men are to be temperate, serious, sensible, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.
Titus 2:4
so they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,
Titus 2:6
Likewise urge the young men to be sensible.
Titus 2:12
training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this present age,
1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near; therefore be clear minded and sober for your prayers.
Revelation 20:2
And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,