8Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.


In Context

5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for |God resists the proud, but gives 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 worries on him, because he cares for you.

8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

9 Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

10 But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

1 Peter 5:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour: