NETBible | Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, 1 is on the prowl looking for someone 2 to devour. |
NIV © |
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. |
NASB © |
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. |
NLT © |
Be careful! Watch out for attacks from the Devil, your great enemy. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for some victim to devour. |
MSG © |
Keep a cool head. Stay alert. The Devil is poised to pounce, and would like nothing better than to catch you napping. |
BBE © |
Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food; |
NRSV © |
Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour. |
NKJV © |
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. |
KJV | Be sober <3525> (5657)_, be vigilant <1127> (5657)_; because <3754> your <5216> adversary <476> the devil <1228>_, as <5613> a roaring <5612> (5740) lion <3023>_, walketh about <4043> (5719)_, seeking <2212> (5723) whom <5101> he may devour <2666> (5632)_: |
NASB © |
Be of sober <3525> spirit, be on the alert <1127> . Your adversary <476> , the devil <1228> , prowls <4043> around <4043> like <5613> a roaring <5612> lion <3023> , seeking <2212> someone <5100> to devour .<2666> |
NET [draft] ITL | Be sober <3525> and alert <1127> . Your <5216> enemy <476> the devil <1228> , like <5613> a roaring <5612> lion <3023> , is on the prowl <4043> looking for <2212> someone to devour .<2666> |
GREEK | nhqate <3525> (5657) V-AAM-2P grhgorhsate <1127> (5657) V-AAM-2P o <3588> T-NSM antidikov <476> N-NSM umwn <5216> P-2GP diabolov <1228> A-NSM wv <5613> ADV lewn <3023> N-NSM wruomenov <5612> (5740) V-PNP-NSM peripatei <4043> (5719) V-PAI-3S zhtwn <2212> (5723) V-PAP-NSM katapiein <2666> (5629) V-2AAN |
NETBible | Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, 1 is on the prowl looking for someone 2 to devour. |
NET Notes |
1 sn This phrase may be an allusion to Ps 22:13. 2 tc A few |