King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Complete Jewish Bible:
Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, violent assertiveness and slander, along with all spitefulness.
Berean Standard Bible:
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
American Standard Version:
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Let{G142} all{G3956} bitterness{G4088}, and{G2532} wrath{G2372}, and{G2532} anger{G3709}, and{G2532} clamour{G2906}, and{G2532} evil speaking{G988}, be put away{G142} from{G575} you{G5216}, with{G4862} all{G3956} malice{G2549}:
Cross-References (KJV):
Colossians 3:8
- ¶ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Titus 3:2
- To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, [but] gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Titus 3:3
- For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
- Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
1 Peter 2:1
- ¶ Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
James 1:19
- ¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Colossians 3:19
- Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them.
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Commentary for Ephesians 4:31
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: G142
There are 168 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: αἴρω
Transliteration: aírō
Pronunciation: ah'-ee-ro
Description: a primary root; to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare נָשָׂא) to expiate sin:--away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up). - Strong's Number: G3956
There are 1075 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: πᾶς
Transliteration: pâs
Pronunciation: pas
Description: including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:--all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever. - Strong's Number: G4088
There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: πικρία
Transliteration: pikría
Pronunciation: pik-ree'-ah
Description: from πικρός; acridity (especially poison), literally or figuratively:--bitterness. - Strong's Number: G2532
There are 5212 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: καί
Transliteration: kaí
Pronunciation: kahee
Description: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet. - Strong's Number: G2372
There are 18 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: θυμός
Transliteration: thymós
Pronunciation: thoo-mos'
Description: from θύω; passion (as if breathing hard):--fierceness, indignation, wrath. Compare ψυχή. - Strong's Number: G3709
There are 34 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ὀργή
Transliteration: orgḗ
Pronunciation: or-gay'
Description: from ὀρέγομαι; properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e. (by analogy), violent passion (ire, or (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment:--anger, indignation, vengeance, wrath. - Strong's Number: G2906
There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: κραυγή
Transliteration: kraugḗ
Pronunciation: krow-gay'
Description: from κράζω; an outcry (in notification, tumult or grief):--clamour, cry(-ing). - Strong's Number: G988
There are 18 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: βλασφημία
Transliteration: blasphēmía
Pronunciation: blas-fay-me'-ah
Description: from βλάσφημος; vilification (especially against God):--blasphemy, evil speaking, railing. - Strong's Number: G575
There are 1465 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ἀπό
Transliteration: apó
Pronunciation: apo'
Description: a primary particle; "off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative):--(X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc. - Strong's Number: G5216
There are 503 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ὑμῶν
Transliteration: hymōn
Pronunciation: hoo-mone'
Description: genitive case of ὑμεῖς; of (from or concerning) you:--ye, you, your (own, -selves). - Strong's Number: G4862
There are 121 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: σύν
Transliteration: sýn
Pronunciation: soon
Description: a primary preposition denoting union; with or together (but much closer than μετά or παρά), i.e. by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.:--beside, with. In composition it has similar applications, including completeness. - Strong's Number: G2549
There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: κακία
Transliteration: kakía
Pronunciation: kak-ee'-ah
Description: from κακός; badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble:--evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness.