11 translations · Greek
Ephesians 4:26
“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
Ephesians 4:26 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
- KJV King James Version
- Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
- ASV American Standard Version
- Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Don't sin by getting angry; don't let evening come and find you still mad—
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
- DBY Darby Translation
- Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Be angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὀργίζεσθε | Orgizesthe | Be angry | G3710 ὀργίζω to anger |
| καὶ | kai | yet | G2532 καί and |
| μὴ | mē | {do} not | G3361 μή not |
| ἁμαρτάνετε | hamartanete | sin | G264 ἁμαρτάνω to sin |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἥλιος | hēlios | sun | G2246 ἥλιος sun |
| μὴ | mē | {Do} not {let} | G3361 μή not |
| ἐπιδυέτω | epidyetō | set | G1931 ἐπιδύω to set |
| ἐπὶ | epi | upon | G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against |
| τῷ | tō | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| παροργισμῷ | parorgismō | anger | G3950 παροργισμός anger |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | your | G4771 σύ you |
Related verses
- James 1:19
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
- Psalm 4:4
Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.
- Psalm 37:8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing.
- Ephesians 4:31–32
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
- Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
- Proverbs 19:11
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
- Romans 12:19–21
Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.” Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.” Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
- Matthew 5:22
But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment; and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
- Exodus 32:21–22
Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?” Aaron said, “Don’t let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
24 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
25 Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.
26 “Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
27 and don’t give place to the devil.
28 Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
Read all of Ephesians 4 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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