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Matthew 10:16

NETBible	“I¹ am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves,² so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
NIV © biblegateway Mat 10:16	I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
NASB © biblegateway Mat 10:16	"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.
NLT © biblegateway Mat 10:16	"Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. Be as wary as snakes and harmless as doves.
MSG © biblegateway Mat 10:16	"Stay alert. This is hazardous work I'm assigning you. You're going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack, so don't call attention to yourselves. Be as cunning as a snake, inoffensive as a dove.
BBE © SABDAweb Mat 10:16	See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
NRSV © bibleoremus Mat 10:16	"See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
NKJV © biblegateway Mat 10:16	"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
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KJV	Behold <2400> (5628)_, I <1473> send <649> (0) you <5209> forth <649> (5719) as <5613> sheep <4263> in <1722> the midst <3319> of wolves <3074>_: be ye <1096> (5737) therefore <3767> wise <5429> as <5613> serpents <3789>_, and <2532> harmless <185> as <5613> doves <4058>_. {harmless: or, simple}
NASB © biblegateway Mat 10:16	"Behold <2400> , I send <649> you out as sheep <4263> in the midst <3319> of wolves <3074> ; so <3767> be shrewd <5429> as serpents <3789> and innocent <185> as doves <4058> .
NET [draft] ITL	“I <1473> am sending <649> you <5209> out <649> like <5613> sheep <4263> surrounded <3319> by <1722> wolves <3074> , so <3767> be <1096> wise <5429> as <5613> serpents <3789> and <2532> innocent <185> as <5613> doves <4058> .
GREEK	idou apostellw wv probata en mesw lukwn ginesye fronimoi wv oi ofeiv kai akeraioi wv ai peristerai

NETBible

“I¹ am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves,² so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “Behold I.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

²sn This imagery of wolves is found in intertestamental Judaism; see Pss. Sol. 8:23, 30.