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Source language
Original Greek   
μετανόησον οὖν· εἰ δὲ μή, ἔρχομαί σοι ταχύ, καὶ πολεμήσω μετʼ αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ῥομφαίᾳ τοῦ στόματός μου.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
metanoeson oun* ei de me, erkhomai soi takhu, kai polemeso met' auton en te Romphaia tou stomatos mou.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
similiter paenitentiam age si quo minus venio tibi cito et pugnabo cum illis in gladio oris mei

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Repent; or else I will come to you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Repent; or else I will come unto you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
New King James Version   
Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.
21st Century King James Version   
Repent, or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.

Other translations
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.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Repent therefore, or else I shall come upon you at once, and I shall make war with them with the sword of my mouth.”
Darby Bible Translation   
Repent therefore: but if not, I come to thee quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword of my mouth.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
In like manner do penance: if not, I will come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Repent therefore; or else I come to thee quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.
God's Word   
So return to me and change the way you think and act, or I will come to you quickly and wage war against them with the sword from my mouth.
Holman Christian Standard 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.
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 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.
New International Version   
Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
New Living Translation   
Repent of your sin, or I will come to you suddenly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Webster's Bible Translation   
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.
The 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.
EasyEnglish Bible   
So you must stop doing these bad things. If you do not change how you live, I will quickly come to punish you. I will fight against those bad people with my sharp sword that comes out of my mouth.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
`Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
New Life Version   
Be sorry for your sins and turn from them. If you do not, I will come to you right away. I will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.
Revised Geneva Translation   
Repent, or else I will come to you shortly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.
The Voice Bible   
Therefore, change your ways and turn to Me. If you do not, I will quickly come to where you live and will battle them with the sword of My mouth.
Living Bible   
“Change your mind and attitude, or else I will come to you suddenly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
New Catholic Bible   
Therefore, repent. If you do not do so, I will come to you quickly and attack them with the sword of my mouth.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Therefore repent. But if not, I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Repent, or else I will come unto thee quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Christian Standard Bible   
So repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Repent [then]! Or else I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of My mouth.
New Century Version   
So change your hearts and lives. If you do not, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword that comes out of my mouth.
The Message   
“Enough! Don’t give in to them; I’ll be with you soon. I’m fed up and about to cut them to pieces with my sword-sharp words.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Therefore, repent! If not, I will come to you soon, and I will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Therefore repent! Otherwise, · I will come to you without delay and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Repent then. If not, I will come to you soon and make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
New Matthew Bible   
Repent and turn therefore, or else I will come to you shortly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Good News Translation®   
Now turn from your sins! If you don't, I will come to you soon and fight against those people with the sword that comes out of my mouth.
Wycliffe Bible   
Also do thou penance; if any thing less [if not], I shall come soon to thee, and I shall fight with them with the sword of my mouth.
New Testament for Everyone   
So: repent! If you don’t, I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Contemporary English Version   
Turn back! If you don't, I will come quickly and fight against these people. And my words will cut like a sword.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Repent then. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Yet I have a few things against you—some of your number cling to the teaching of Balaam, the man who taught Balak how to entice the children of Israel into eating meat sacrificed to idols and into sexual immorality. I have also against you the fact that among your number are some who hold just as closely to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Repent then, or else I shall come to you quickly and make war upon them with the sword of my mouth. Let the listener hear what the Spirit says to the Churches: ‘I will give the victorious some of the hidden manna, and I will also give him a white stone with a new name written upon it which no man knows except the man who receives it.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Repent, then. If not, I will come to you soon and wage war against them with the sword of my mouth.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Repent then. If not, I will come to you soon and make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Common English Bible © 2011   
So change your hearts and lives. If you don’t, I am coming to you soon, and I will make war on them with the sword that comes from my mouth.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
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].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Therefore, repent. Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and wage war against them with the sword of my mouth.
New American Standard Bible   
Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.
The Expanded Bible   
So ·change your hearts and lives [repent]. If you do not, I will come to you quickly and ·fight [make war] against them with the sword that comes out of my mouth [C the judgment he enacts by merely speaking; 1:16].
Tree of Life Version   
Repent then! If not, I will come to you soon and make war against them with the sword of My mouth.
Revised Standard Version   
Repent then. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.
New International Reader's Version   
So turn away from your sins! If you don’t, I will come to you soon. I will fight against those people with the sword that comes out of my mouth.
BRG Bible   
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Therefore, turn from these sins. Otherwise, I will come to you very soon and make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Stop! If you do not, I will come soon and I will fight against them with the long knife that comes from my mouth."
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Repent then. If not, I will come to you soon and make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Likewise, therefore, make teshuva (repentance, turning from sin to G-d)! But if not, I am coming to you quickly and will war against them by the cherev of my mouth. [YESHAYAH 49:2]
Names of God Bible   
So return to me and change the way you think and act, or I will come to you quickly and wage war against them with the sword from my mouth.
Modern English Version   
Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will war against them with the sword of My mouth.
Easy-to-Read Version   
So change your hearts! If you don’t change, I will come to you quickly and fight against these people with the sword that comes out of my mouth.
International Children’s Bible   
So change your hearts and lives! If you do not, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword that comes out of my mouth.
Lexham English 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.
New International Version - UK   
Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Therefore repent. Otherwise, I am coming to you quickly. And I will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.