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THE MESSAGE
Ephesians 4:26
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Be angry and do not sin. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger,
Be ye angry and sinne not, let not the Sunne go down vpon your wrath:
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
BE ANGRY, AND YET DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
When you are angry, do not sin, and be sure to stop being angry before the end of the day.
BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
Don't get so angry that you sin. Don't go to bed angry
Be angry, but don't sin — don't let the sun go down before you have dealt with the cause of your anger;
Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,
"When you are angry, don't let that anger make you sin," and don't stay angry all day.
Bee angrie, but sinne not: let not the sunne goe downe vpon your wrath,
Be angry, but sin not: and let not the sun go down upon your anger;
If you become angry, do not let your anger lead you into sin, and do not stay angry all day.
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger,
"Be angry but do not sin;" do not let the sun go down on your wrath, LXX-Psa. 4:4; MT-Psa. 4:5
BE ANGRY [at sin—at immorality, at injustice, at ungodly behavior], YET DO NOT SIN; do not let your anger [cause you shame, nor allow it to] last until the sun goes down.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;
"Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath,
"Be angry, yet do not sin."Psalm 4:4">[fn] Do not let the sun go down on your wrath,Psalm 4:4; 37:8;">[xr]
Be angry and sin not, and let not the sun set upon your wrath,
Be ye angry, and sin not: and let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
Be ye angry, and sinne not, let not the sunne go downe vpon your wrath,
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
"Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath,
Be ye angry, and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
If angry, beware of sinning. Let not your irritation last until the sun goes down;
Be ye wrooth, and nyle ye do synne; the sunne falle not doun on youre wraththe.
Be angry, and don't sin: don't let the sun go down on your wrath:
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Be angry and do not sin ; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.
"Be angry, and do not sin": Psalms 4:4">[fn] do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
And "don't sin by letting anger control you." Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry,
If you are angry, do not let it become sin. Get over your anger before the day is finished.
Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
Be ye angry, and not committing sin, let not the sun be going down upon your angry mood,
Be angry: and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.
Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
Be angrye but synne not let not the sonne go doune apon your wrathe
be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
Be angrie, but synne not. Let not ye Sonne go downe vpo youre wrath:
are you angry? have a care you don't sin. "let not the sun go down upon your wrath,"
Don't let anger control you. Don't let the sun set while you are fuming or bitter.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
ye: Ephesians 4:31, Ephesians 4:32, Exodus 11:8, Exodus 32:21, Exodus 32:22, Numbers 20:10-13, Numbers 20:24, Numbers 25:7-11, Nehemiah 5:6-13, Psalms 4:4, Psalms 37:8, Psalms 106:30-33, Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 19:11, Proverbs 25:23, Ecclesiastes 7:9, Matthew 5:22, Mark 3:5, Mark 10:14, Romans 12:19-21, James 1:19
let: Deuteronomy 24:15
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:41 - then Genesis 30:2 - anger Genesis 31:36 - was wroth Exodus 16:20 - and Moses Exodus 32:19 - anger Leviticus 10:16 - angry Numbers 16:15 - very wroth Numbers 31:14 - wroth Deuteronomy 24:13 - the sun 1 Samuel 11:6 - his anger 1 Samuel 20:34 - in fierce 1 Samuel 25:21 - Surely 2 Samuel 13:22 - hated Job 32:2 - kindled Amos 1:11 - kept Matthew 18:22 - but Mark 6:19 - a quarrel 2 Corinthians 7:11 - indignation Colossians 3:8 - anger 1 John 2:1 - that
Cross-References
God told him, "No. Anyone who kills Cain will pay for it seven times over." God put a mark on Cain to protect him so that no one who met him would kill him.
Cain slept with his wife. She conceived and had Enoch. He then built a city and named it after his son, Enoch. Enoch had Irad, Irad had Mehujael, Mehujael had Methushael, Methushael had Lamech.
He moved on from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent between Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar there and prayed to God .
Isaac built an altar there and prayed, calling on God by name. He pitched his tent and his servants started digging another well.
"And now listen to this, family of Jacob, you who are called by the name Israel: Who got you started in the loins of Judah, you who use God 's name to back up your promises and pray to the God of Israel? But do you mean it? Do you live like it? You claim to be citizens of the Holy City; you act as though you lean on the God of Israel, named God -of-the-Angel-Armies. For a long time now, I've let you in on the way I work: I told you what I was going to do beforehand, then I did it and it was done, and that's that. I know you're a bunch of hardheads, obstinate and flint-faced, So I got a running start and began telling you what was going on before it even happened. That is why you can't say, ‘My god-idol did this.' ‘My favorite god-carving commanded this.' You have all this evidence confirmed by your own eyes and ears. Shouldn't you be talking about it? And that was just the beginning. I have a lot more to tell you, things you never knew existed. This isn't a variation on the same old thing. This is new, brand-new, something you'd never guess or dream up. When you hear this you won't be able to say, ‘I knew that all along.' You've never been good listeners to me. You have a history of ignoring me, A sorry track record of fickle attachments— rebels from the womb. But out of the sheer goodness of my heart, because of who I am, I keep a tight rein on my anger and hold my temper. I don't wash my hands of you. Do you see what I've done? I've refined you, but not without fire. I've tested you like silver in the furnace of affliction. Out of myself, simply because of who I am, I do what I do. I have my reputation to keep up. I'm not playing second fiddle to either gods or people.
Who Goes There? The watchmen call out, "Who goes there, marching out of Edom, out of Bozrah in clothes dyed red? Name yourself, so splendidly dressed, advancing, bristling with power!" "It is I: I speak what is right, I, mighty to save!" "And why are your robes so red, your clothes dyed red like those who tread grapes?" "I've been treading the winepress alone. No one was there to help me. Angrily, I stomped the grapes; raging, I trampled the people. Their blood spurted all over me— all my clothes were soaked with blood. I was set on vengeance. The time for redemption had arrived. I looked around for someone to help —no one. I couldn't believe it —not one volunteer. So I went ahead and did it myself, fed and fueled by my rage. I trampled the people in my anger, crushed them under foot in my wrath, soaked the earth with their lifeblood." I'll make a list of God 's gracious dealings, all the things God has done that need praising, All the generous bounties of God , his great goodness to the family of Israel— Compassion lavished, love extravagant. He said, "Without question these are my people, children who would never betray me." So he became their Savior. In all their troubles, he was troubled, too. He didn't send someone else to help them. He did it himself, in person. Out of his own love and pity he redeemed them. He rescued them and carried them along for a long, long time. But they turned on him; they grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned on them, became their enemy and fought them. Then they remembered the old days, the days of Moses, God's servant: "Where is he who brought the shepherds of his flock up and out of the sea? And what happened to the One who set his Holy Spirit within them? Who linked his arm with Moses' right arm, divided the waters before them, Making him famous ever after, and led them through the muddy abyss as surefooted as horses on hard, level ground? Like a herd of cattle led to pasture, the Spirit of God gave them rest." That's how you led your people! That's how you became so famous! Look down from heaven, look at us! Look out the window of your holy and magnificent house! Whatever happened to your passion, your famous mighty acts, Your heartfelt pity, your compassion? Why are you holding back? You are our Father. Abraham and Israel are long dead. They wouldn't know us from Adam. But you're our living Father, our Redeemer, famous from eternity! Why, God , did you make us wander from your ways? Why did you make us cold and stubborn so that we no longer worshiped you in awe? Turn back for the sake of your servants. You own us! We belong to you! For a while your holy people had it good, but now our enemies have wrecked your holy place. For a long time now, you've paid no attention to us. It's like you never knew us.
"In the end I will turn things around for the people. I'll give them a language undistorted, unpolluted, Words to address God in worship and, united, to serve me with their shoulders to the wheel. They'll come from beyond the Ethiopian rivers, they'll come praying— All my scattered, exiled people will come home with offerings for worship. You'll no longer have to be ashamed of all those acts of rebellion. I'll have gotten rid of your arrogant leaders. No more pious strutting on my holy hill! I'll leave a core of people among you who are poor in spirit— What's left of Israel that's really Israel. They'll make their home in God . This core holy people will not do wrong. They won't lie, won't use words to flatter or seduce. Content with who they are and where they are, unanxious, they'll live at peace."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Be ye angry, and sin not,.... There is anger which is not sinful; for anger is fouled in God himself, in Jesus Christ, in the holy angels, and in God's people; and a man may be said to be angry and not sin, when his anger arises from a true zeal for God and religion; when it is kindled not against persons, but sins; when a man is displeased with his own sins, and with the sins of others: with vice and immorality of every kind; with idolatry and idolatrous worship, and with all false doctrine; and also when it is carried on to answer good ends, as the good of those with whom we are angry, the glory of God, and the promoting of the interest of Christ: and there is an anger which is sinful; as when it is without a cause; when it exceeds due bounds; when it is not directed to a good end; when it is productive of bad effects, either in words or actions; and when it is soon raised, or long continues: the Jews have a like distinction of anger; they say e,
"there is an anger and an anger; there is an anger which is blessed above and below, and it is called blessed, as it is said Genesis 14:19 and there is an anger which is cursed above and below, as it is said Genesis 3:14''
And these two sorts are compared to "Ebal" and "Gerizzim", from the one of which proceeded blessing, and from the other cursing: anger for the most part is not only sinful, but it tends to sin, and issues in it; hence that saying of the Jews, ×× ×ª×¨×ª× ××× ×ª×××, "be not angry, and thou wilt not sin" f: the spring of it is a corrupt heart, it is stirred up by Satan, encouraged by pride, and increased by grievous words and reproachful language:
let not the sun go down upon your wrath; there is an allusion to
Deuteronomy 24:10 it seems to be a proverbial expression; and the design of it is to show, that anger should not be continued; that it should not last at furthest more than a day; that when the heat of the day is over, the heat of anger should be over likewise; and that we should not sleep with it, lest it should be cherished and increased upon our pillows; and besides, the time of the going down of the sun, is the time of evening prayer, which may be greatly interrupted and hindered by anger. R. Jonah g has an expression or two like to this;
"let not the indignation of anyone abide upon thee; and let not a night sleep with thee, and anger be against any one:''
it should be considered, that as God is slow to anger, so he does not retain it for ever; and that to retain anger, is to gratify the devil; wherefore it follows,
e Zohar in Gen. fol. 104. 1. f T. Bab. Beracot fol. 80. 3. g Apud Capell. in Matt. v. 23.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Be ye angry and sin not - It has been remarked that the direction here is conformable to the usage of the Pythagoreans, who were bound, when there were any differences among them, to furnish some token of reconciliation before the sun set. Burder, in Ros. Alt. u. neu. Morgenland, in loc. It is implied here:
(1) That there âmayâ be anger without sin; and,
(2) That there is special danger in all cases where there is anger that it will be accompanied with sin. âAngerâ is a passion too common to need any description. It is an excitement or agitation of mind, of more or less violence, produced by the reception of a real or supposed injury, and attended commonly with a desire or purpose of revenge. The desire of revenge, however, is not essential to the existence of the passion, though it is probably always attended with a disposition to express displeasure, to chide, rebuke, or punish; compare Mark 3:5. To a great extent the sudden excitement on the reception of an injury is involuntary, and consequently innocent. Anger is excited when a horse kicks us; when a serpent hisses; when we dash our foot against a stone - and so when a man raises his hand to strike us. The âobject or final causeâ of implanting this passion in the mind of man is, to rouse him to an immediate defense of himself when suddenly attacked, and before his reason would, have time to suggest the proper means of defense. It prompts at once to self-protection; and when that is done its proper office ceases. If persevered in; it becomes sinful malignity. or revenge - always wrong. Anger may be excited against a âthingâ as well as a âperson;â as well against an act as a âman.â We are suddenly excited by a wrong âthing,â without any malignancy against the âman;â we may wish to rebuke or chide âthat,â without injuring âhim.â Anger is sinful in the following circumstances:
(1) When it is excited without any sufficient cause - when we are in no danger, and do not need it for a protection. We should be safe without it.
(2) When it transcends the cause, if any cause really exists. All that is beyond the necessity of immediate self-protection, is apart from its design, and is wrong.
(3) When it is against âthe personâ rather than the âoffence.â The object is not to injure another; it is to protect ourselves.
(4) When it is attended with the desire of ârevenge.â That is always wrong; Romans 12:17, Romans 12:19.
(5) When it is cherished and heightened by reflection. And,
(6) When there is an unforgiving spirit; a determination to exact the utmost satisfaction for the injury which has been done. If people were perfectly holy, that sudden âarousing of the mindâ in danger, or on the reception of an injury; which would serve to prompt us to save ourselves from danger, would exist, and would be an important principle of our nature. As it is now, it is violent; excessive; incontrollable; persevered in - and is almost always wrong. If people were holy, this excitement of the mind would obey the first injunctions of âreasons,â and be wholly under its control; as it is now, it seldom obeys reason at all - and is wholly wrong. Moreover, if all people were holy; if there were none âdisposedâ to do an injury, it would exist only in the form of a sudden arousing of the mind against immediate danger - which would all be right. Now, it is excited not only in view of âphysicalâ dangers, but in view of the âwrongsâ done by others - and hence it terminates on the âpersonâ and not the âthing,â and becomes often wholly evil.
Let not the sun go down - Do not cherish anger. Do not sleep upon it. Do not harbor a purpose of revenge; do not cherish ill-will against another. âWhen the sun sets on a manâs anger, he may be sure it is wrong.â The meaning of the whole of this verse then is, âIf you be angry, which may be the case, and which may be unavoidable, see that the sudden excitement does not become sin. Do not let it overleap its proper bounds; do not cherish it; do not let it remain in your bosom even to the setting of the sun. Though the sun be sinking in the west, let not the passion linger in the bosom, but let his last rays find you always peaceful and calm.â
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 26. Be ye angry, and sin not — οÏγιζεÏθε, here, is the same as ει μεν οÏγιζεÏθε, IF YE be angry, do not sin. We can never suppose that the apostle delivers this as a precept, if we take the words as they stand in our version. Perhaps the sense is, Take heed that ye be not angry, lest ye sin; for it would be very difficult, even for an apostle himself, to be angry and not sin. If we consider anger as implying displeasure simply, then there are a multitude of cases in which a man may be innocently, yea, laudably angry; for he should be displeased with every thing which is not for the glory of God, and the good of mankind. But, in any other sense, I do not see how the words can be safely taken.
Let not the sun go down upon your wrath — That is: If you do get angry with any one, see that the fire be cast with the utmost speed out of your bosom. Do not go to sleep with any unkind or unbrotherly feeling; anger, continued in, may produce malice and revenge. No temper of this kind can consist with peace of conscience, and the approbation of God's Spirit in the soul.
