Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.

King James Version

Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Holman Bible

Therefore repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of My mouth.

International Standard Version

So repent. If you don't, I will come to you quickly and wage war against them with the sword of my mouth.

A Conservative Version

Repent therefore, and if not I come to thee quickly, and will war against them with the sword of my mouth.

American Standard Version

Repent therefore; or else I come to thee quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

Amplified

Therefore repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God’s will]; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war and fight against them with the sword of My mouth [in judgment].

An Understandable Version

So, repent, or I will come to you quickly and will attack those people with the sword of my mouth.

Anderson New Testament

Repent, therefore; if not, I will come to you quickly, and I will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Bible in Basic English

See, then, that you have a change of heart; or I will come to you quickly, and will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

Common New Testament

Repent therefore, or else I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Daniel Mace New Testament

repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Darby Translation

Repent therefore: but if not, I come to thee quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword of my mouth.

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

Reform, or otherwise, I will come to you quickly, and I will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Godbey New Testament

Repent; otherwise I am coming to you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Goodspeed New Testament

So repent, or else I will come to you quickly and make war upon them with the sword that is in my mouth.

John Wesley New Testament

Repent therefore; if not, I come to thee, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Julia Smith Translation

Repent; and if not, I come to thee swiftly, and will wage war with them with the sword of my mouth.

King James 2000

Repent; or else I will come unto you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Therefore repent! But if you do not, I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword from my mouth.

Modern King James verseion

Repent! But if not I will come to you quickly, and will fight with them by the sword of My mouth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But be converted, or else I will come unto thee shortly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Moffatt New Testament

Repent; if not, I will very soon come to you and make war upon them with the sword of my mouth.

Montgomery New Testament

Repent; if you do not I will very soon come to you, and will make war upon them with the sword of my mouth.

NET Bible

Therefore, repent! If not, I will come against you quickly and make war against those people with the sword of my mouth.

New Heart English Bible

Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

Noyes New Testament

Repent therefore; or else I will come to thee quickly, and will make war with them with the sword of my mouth.

Sawyer New Testament

Change your minds therefore; otherwise I will come to you quickly, and fight with them with the sword of my mouth.

The Emphasized Bible

Repent, therefore, otherwise, I come unto thee speedily, - and will fight against them, with the sword of my mouth.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Repent! but if not, I am coming to thee quickly, and will war against them with the sword of my mouth.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Therefore repent, or else, I will come quickly and contend with such men with words that will cut like a sword.

Webster

Repent; or else I will come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Weymouth New Testament

Repent, at once; or else I will come to you quickly, and will make war upon them with the sword which is in My mouth.

Williams New Testament

So repent, or else I will quickly come and make war upon them with the sword that comes from my mouth.

World English Bible

Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

Worrell New Testament

Repent, therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and will make war with them with the sword of My mouth.

Worsley New Testament

Repent therefore---if not, I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword that goeth out of my mouth.

Youngs Literal Translation

'Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
μετανοέω 
metanoeo 
Usage: 13

or
εἰ 
Ei 
if, whether, that, not tr,
Usage: 218

μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

I will come
ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

σοί 
Soi 
thee, thou, thy, thine own, not tr
Usage: 113

ταχύ 
Tachu 
Usage: 5

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

will fight
πολεμέω 
Polemeo 
Usage: 6

μετά 
meta 
with, after, among, hereafter , afterward , against, not tr,
Usage: 346


Usage: 0

with
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

the sword
ῥομφαία 
Rhomphaia 
Usage: 5

of
στόμα 
Stoma 
Usage: 63

my
μοῦ 
Mou 
my, me, mine, I, mine own
Usage: 313

References

Context Readings

The Letter To The Church In Pergamum

15 You also have those who hold the doctrine (teaching) of the sect of Nicolaus in like manner. 16 Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth. 17 He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to the congregations! To those who overcome in victory I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give each of them a white stone on which is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.'


Cross References

2 Thessalonians 2:8

Then the evil (lawless) one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will put him to death with the breath of his mouth, and destroy him by the manifestation (brightness) (advent) (revelation) of his coming. (Greek: parousia: presence, return, being near)

Revelation 2:5

Think how far you have fallen! Turn from your sins (repent) and do what you did at first. If you do not turn from your sins, I will come to you and remove your lamp stand from its place.

Revelation 1:16

In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth. His appearance was like the shinning sun in full strength.

Revelation 2:12

To the angel of the congregation in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword:

Isaiah 11:4

But with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth (power of his words), and with the spirit (breath) of his lips he will destroy the wicked.

Isaiah 49:2

He made my tongue like a sharp sword. He hid me in the palm of his hand. He made me like a sharpened arrow and hid me in his quiver.

Acts 17:30-31

God overlooked the times of ignorance; but now he commands men everywhere to repent.

Ephesians 6:17

Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Revelation 2:21-22

I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality.

Revelation 3:19

I reprove and discipline those whom I love: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Revelation 16:9

Men were scorched with great heat. They blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

Revelation 19:15

Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with a rod of iron. He treads the winepress of the fierceness and anger of Almighty God.

Revelation 19:21

The rest were killed with the sword that came from the mouth of the one who sat on the horse. All the birds were filled with their flesh.

Revelation 22:7

Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who obeys the words of the prophecy of this book.

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