Revelation 3:16

Geneva Bible

Therefore, because thou art luke warme, and neither colde nor hote, it will come to passe, that I shall spewe thee out of my mouth.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit

King James Version (1611)
So then because thou art lukewarme, and neither cold nor hot, I wil spew thee out of my mouth:

King James Version
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

English Standard Version
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.

New American Standard Bible
'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth.

New Century Version
But because you are lukewarm—neither hot, nor cold—I am ready to spit you out of my mouth.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.

Berean Standard Bible
So because you are lukewarm-neither hot nor cold-I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!

Contemporary English Version
But since you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spit you out of my mouth.

Complete Jewish Bible
So, because you are lukewarm, neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth!

Darby Translation
Thus because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spue thee out of my mouth.

Easy-to-Read Version
But you are only warm—not hot, not cold. So I am ready to spit you out of my mouth.

George Lamsa Translation
So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue you out of my mouth.

Good News Translation
But because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I am going to spit you out of my mouth!

Lexham English Bible
Thus, because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit you out of my mouth!

Literal Translation
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit you out of My mouth.

Amplified Bible
'So because you are lukewarm (spiritually useless), and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth [rejecting you with disgust].

American Standard Version
So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

Bible in Basic English
So because you are not one thing or the other, I will have no more to do with you.

Hebrew Names Version
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.

International Standard Version
Since you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am going to spit you out of my mouth.

Etheridge Translation
So, because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit thee from my mouth.

Murdock Translation
So, because thou art lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit thee from my mouth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
So the, because thou art luke warme, and neither colde nor hotte, I wyll spewe thee out of my mouth:

English Revised Version
So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

World English Bible
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
So because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot; I will spue thee out of my mouth.

Weymouth's New Testament
Accordingly, because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, before long I will vomit you out of My mouth.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but for thou art lew, and nether cold, nether hoot, Y schal bigynne to caste thee out of my mouth.

Update Bible Version
So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew you out of my mouth.

Webster's Bible Translation
So then, because thou art luke-warm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit thee out of my mouth:

New English Translation
So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth!

New King James Version
So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, [fn] I will vomit you out of My mouth.

New Living Translation
But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!

New Life Bible
But because you are warm, and not hot or cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.

New Revised Standard
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, because, lukewarm, thou art, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth.

Revised Standard Version
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
So then because thou arte bitwene bothe and nether colde ner hot I will spew ye oute of my mouth:

Young's Literal Translation
So -- because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So then because thou art bitwene bothe, and nether colde ner hote I wyll spew the out off my mouth:

Mace New Testament (1729)
but since thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

Simplified Cowboy Version
I'm fixing to spit you out like a bad taste in my mouth.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ And vnto the Angell of the Church of the Laodiceans write, These things saieth Amen, the faithfull and true witnesse, that beginning of the creatures of God. ¹⁵ I knowe thy woorkes, that thou art neither colde nor hote: I woulde thou werest colde or hote. ¹⁶ Therefore, because thou art luke warme, and neither colde nor hote, it will come to passe, that I shall spewe thee out of my mouth. ¹⁷ For thou saiest, I am rich and increased with goods, and haue neede of nothing, and knowest not howe thou art wretched and miserable, and poore, and blinde, and naked. ¹⁸ I counsell thee to bye of me gold tried by the fire, that thou maiest bee made rich: and white raiment, that thou maiest be clothed, and that thy filthie nakednesse doe not appeare: and anoynt thine eyes with eye salue, that thou maiest see. ¹⁹ As many as I loue, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and amend. ²⁰ Behold, I stand at the doore, & knocke. If any man heare my voice & open ye doore, I wil come in vnto him, and will suppe with him, & he with me. ²¹ To him that ouercommeth, will I graunt to sit with me in my throne, euen as I ouercame, and sit with my Father in his throne. ²² Let him that hath an eare, heare what the Spirit saieth vnto the Churches.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will spue thee out: Revelation 2:5, Jeremiah 14:19, Jeremiah 15:1-4, Zechariah 11:8, Zechariah 11:9

Reciprocal: Leviticus 18:28 - General Deuteronomy 20:8 - fearful Deuteronomy 32:19 - And when 1 Kings 18:21 - How long 2 Kings 17:41 - these nations Psalms 119:20 - soul Psalms 119:81 - fainteth Proverbs 1:23 - behold Ezekiel 20:39 - but Hosea 7:8 - a cake Hosea 10:2 - Their heart is divided Matthew 12:30 - that is Matthew 13:12 - from Matthew 25:3 - foolish Matthew 25:30 - cast Luke 11:23 - General Acts 1:2 - through Romans 12:11 - fervent 1 Corinthians 8:3 - is

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Nowe the serpent was more subtill then any beast of the fielde, which the Lord God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea, hath God in deede said, Ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden?

Genesis 3:6
So the woman (seeing that the tree was good for meate, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to get knowledge) tooke of the fruite thereof, and did eate, & gaue also to her husband with her, and he did eate.

Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaues together, and made them selues breeches.

Genesis 3:8
Afterward they heard the voyce of the Lord God walking in the garden in the coole of the day, and the man & his wife hid themselues from the presence of the Lorde God among the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:9
But the Lord God called to the man, and said vnto him, Where art thou?

Genesis 3:10
Who saide, I heard thy voyce in the garden, and was afraide: because I was naked, therefore I hid my selfe.

Genesis 3:11
And he saide, Who tolde thee, that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eate?

Genesis 3:12
Then the man saide, The woman which thou gauest to be with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.

Genesis 3:16
Vnto the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy sorowes, and thy conceptions. In sorowe shalt thou bring foorth children, and thy desire shalbe subiect to thine husbande, and he shall rule ouer thee.

Genesis 3:17
Also to Adam he said, Because thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, (whereof I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eate of it) cursed is the earth for thy sake: in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,.... A lukewarm professor is one that serves God and mammon; that halts between two opinions, and knows not what religion is best, and cares little for any, yet keeps in a round of duty, though indifferent to it, and contents himself with it; and is un concerned about the life and power of godliness, and takes up with the external form of it; and has no thought about the glory of God, the interest of Christ and truth; and this was too much the case of this church, at least of a great number of its members; wherefore it was very loathsome to Christ, hence he threatens:

I will spew thee out of my mouth; this shows how nauseous lukewarmness is to Christ, insomuch that on account of it he would not own and acknowledge her as his; but even cast her out, unchurch her, and have no more any such imperfect church state upon earth, as he afterwards never will, this is the last; nor is there any church state, or any remains of one in Laodicea; it is indeed quite uninhabited.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So then because thou art lukewarm ... I will spue thee out of my mouth - Referring, perhaps, to the well-known fact that tepid water tends to produce sickness at the stomach, and an inclination to vomit. The image is intensely strong, and denotes deep disgust and loathing at the indifference which prevailed in the church at Laodicea. The idea is, that they would be utterly rejected and cast off as a church - a threatening of which there has been an abundant fulfillment in subsequent times. It may be remarked, also, that what was threatened to that church may be expected to occur to all churches, if they are in the same condition; and that all professing Christians, and Christian churches, that are lukewarm, have special reason to dread the indignation of the Saviour.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 3:16. Because thou art lukewarm — Irresolute and undecided.

I will spue thee out of my mouth. — He alludes here to the known effect of tepid water upon the stomach; it generally produces a nausea. I wilt cast thee off. Thou shalt have no interest in me. Though thou hast been near to my heart, yet now I must pluck thee thence, because slothful, careless, and indolent; thou art not in earnest for thy soul.