Revelation 3:16 “So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit y…”

Revelation 3:16

So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

Thus because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spue thee out 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;

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“I will spue thee out”

Revelation 2:5 Jeremiah 14:19 Jeremiah 15:1–4 Zechariah 11:8 Zechariah 11:9

Revelation 2:5 · BSB

Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

Jeremiah 14:19 · BSB

Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.

Jeremiah 15:1–4 · BSB

Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!

Zechariah 11:8 · BSB

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

Zechariah 11:9 · BSB

Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!

17You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

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