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12 Like lions eager for prey,
    like a young lion lurking in ambush.

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12 They are like a lion(A) hungry for prey,(B)
    like a fierce lion crouching in cover.

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12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

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12 As a lion is eager to tear his prey,
And like a young lion lurking in secret places.

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10 Though the lion[a] roars, though the king of beasts cries out,
    yet the teeth of the young lions are broken;

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Footnotes

  1. 4:10 The lion: used figuratively here for the violent, rapacious sinner who cannot prevail against God.

10 The lions may roar(A) and growl,
    yet the teeth of the great lions(B) are broken.(C)

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10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

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10 The roaring of the lion,
The voice of the fierce lion,
And (A)the teeth of the young lions are broken.

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Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for [someone] to devour.(A)

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Be alert and of sober mind.(A) Your enemy the devil prowls around(B) like a roaring lion(C) looking for someone to devour.

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

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Be [a]sober, be [b]vigilant; [c]because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 5:8 self-controlled
  2. 1 Peter 5:8 watchful
  3. 1 Peter 5:8 NU, M omit because