Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
Be calm and watchful. Your opponent the devil is prowling about like a roaring lion, wanting to devour you.
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;
Common New Testament
Be sober, be alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
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:
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 Throw all your anxiety upon him, for he cares for you. 8 Be calm and watchful. Your opponent the devil is prowling about like a roaring lion, wanting to devour you. 9 Resist him and be strong in the faith, for you know that your brotherhood all over the world is having the same experience of suffering.
Names
Cross References
Ephesians 6:11
You must put on God's armor, so as to be able to stand up against the devil's stratagems.
James 4:7
Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will fly from you.
1 Peter 1:13
Therefore, prepare your minds for action, and with perfect calmness fix your hopes on the mercy that you are to experience when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Revelation 12:9
So the great dragon, the ancient serpent who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.
Luke 22:31
O Simon, Simon! Satan has obtained permission to sift all of you like wheat,
John 8:44
The devil is the father you are sprung from, and you want to carry out your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the first, and he has nothing to do with the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in his true character, for he is a liar and the father of them.
Ephesians 4:27
you must not give the devil a chance.
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me, and gave me strength, so that I might make a full presentation of the message and let all the heathen hear it. So I was saved from the jaws of the lion.
1 John 3:8-10
Whoever commits sin is a child of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. This is why the Son of God appeared??o undo the devil's work.
Luke 21:36
But you must be vigilant and always pray that you may succeed in escaping all this that is going to happen, and in standing in the presence of the Son of Man."
Romans 13:11-13
All this especially, because you know this critical time and that it is time for you to wake from your sleep, for our salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
So we must not sleep like other men, but we must be vigilant and composed.
Revelation 12:12
Therefore, rejoice, you heavens and you who live in them! But alas for the earth and the sea, for the devil has descended upon you in a great rage, for he knows that he has only a short time left."
Revelation 20:10
and the devil who led them astray was flung into the fiery, sulphurous lake, where the animal and the false prophet were, there to be tortured day and night forever and ever.
Matthew 4:1
Then Jesus was guided by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.
Matthew 4:11
Then the devil left him, and angels came and waited on him.
Matthew 13:39
The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
Matthew 24:42
So you must be on the watch, for you do not know on what day your Master is coming.
Matthew 24:48-50
But if he is a bad slave and says to himself, 'My master is going to stay a long time,'
Matthew 25:41
Then he will say to those at his left, 'Begone, you accursed people, to the everlasting fire destined for the devil and his angels!
Luke 12:45-46
But if the slave says to himself, 'My master is not coming back for a long time,' and begins to beat the men and women slaves and to eat and drink and get drunk,
Luke 21:34
But take care that your hearts are not loaded down with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day takes you by surprise, like a trap.
1 Timothy 2:9
Women for their part are to dress modestly and sensibly in proper clothes, not adorning themselves by braiding their hair or with gold or pearls or expensive clothing,
1 Timothy 2:15
But they will be saved through motherhood, if they continue to have faith and to be loving and holy, and sensible as well.
1 Timothy 3:2
A superintendent must be a man above reproach, only once married, temperate, sensible, a man of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
1 Timothy 3:11
Their wives too must be serious, not gossips; they must be temperate, and perfectly trustworthy.
Titus 1:8
but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sensible, upright, of holy life, self-controlled,
Titus 2:2
Teach the older men to be temperate, serious, and sensible??en of vigorous faith, love, and steadfastness.
Titus 2:4
so as to train the younger women to be loving wives and mothers,
Titus 2:6
Urge the younger men, too, to be sensible.
Titus 2:12
training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world,
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is near. Be serious and collected, therefore, and pray.
Revelation 20:2
He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,