Matthew 10:16 - Compare All Versions
Matthew 10:16 MSG (The Message)
“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 shrewd as a snake, inoffensive as a dove.
Matthew 10:16 KJV (King James Version)
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10:16 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.
Matthew 10:16 NCV (New Century Version)
“Listen, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as clever as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Matthew 10:16 ASV (American Standard Version)
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10:16 NIV (New International Version)
“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Matthew 10:16 NKJV (New King James Version)
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10:16 AMP (Amplified Bible)
“Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda]. [Gen 3:1]
Matthew 10:16 NLT (New Living Translation)
“Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10:16 TPT (The Passion Translation)
Now, remember, it is I who sends you out, even though you feel vulnerable as lambs going into a pack of wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes yet as harmless as doves.”
Matthew 10:16 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.