Revelation 3:16

King James Version

So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue 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:

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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
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.

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 unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; ¹⁵ I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. ¹⁶ So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. ¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: ¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. ¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. ²⁰ Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. ²¹ To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. ²² He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto 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
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Genesis 3:8
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:9
And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

Genesis 3:10
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

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

Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days 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.