And the serpent was crafty above every beast of the field which Jehovah God made; and he will say to the woman, Is it because God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Matthew 10:16 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore discerning as serpents, and pure as doves. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves; be wary and wise as serpents, and be innocent (harmless, guileless, and without falsity) as doves. [Gen. 3:1.] American Standard Version (1901) Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Common English Bible “Look, I’m sending you as sheep among wolves. Therefore, be wise as snakes and innocent as doves. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be as prudent as serpents and as simple as doves. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves. |
And the serpent was crafty above every beast of the field which Jehovah God made; and he will say to the woman, Is it because God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And Jehovah God will say to the woman, What is this thou didst? And the woman will say, The serpent deceived me and I shall eat.
And I shall set from underneath to the place from behind to the wall upon the dry places, and I shall set the people to the families with their swords, their spears and their bows.
And Gedaliah son of Ahikam will say to Johanan son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this word, for thou speakest falsehood concerning Ishmael.
And Ephraim will be as an enticed dove, not a heart: they called Egypt, they went to Assur.
Who then is the faithful and discerning servant, which his lord set over his attendance, to give them food in due season
And the discerning answered, saying, Lest it should not suffice us and you: but go ye rather to those selling, and buy for yourselves.
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all they opposed to you shall not be able to contradict nor withstand.
For I know this, that there shall come in after my departure grievous wolves to you, not sparing the flock.
Brethren, be not children in reflection: but in wickedness act like children, and in reflection be ye perfected.
For our boasting is this, the testimony of our consciousness, that in simplicity and purity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we turned back in the world, and more eminently to you.
And not wonderful; for Satan himself is transformed into a messenger of light.
And I am afraid lest, as the serpent completely deceived Eve in his craft, so your thoughts be corrupted from the simplicity which in Christ.
That ye be complete and pure, children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world;
For this also we, from the day which we heard, ceased not praying for you, and asking that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Ye witnesses, and God, how holily and justly and unblamably we were to you the believing: