The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “therefore” (οὖν·) before lest here.
μετανόησονmetanoēsonRepentμετανοέω (metanoeō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “Repent”, a single actionG3340I repent, change my mind, change the inner man (particularly with reference to acceptance of the will of God), repent.This verse uses “repent”.Repentοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.μήmēor elseμήadverb — “or else”G3361not, lest.or elseἔρχομαίerchomaiI will comeἔρχομαιverb, present middle indicative, 1st person singular — “I will come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.I will comeσοιsoiunto theeσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “unto thee”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto theeταχύtachuquicklyταχύadverb — “quickly”G5035quickly, speedily.This verse uses “quickly”.quicklyκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπολεμήσωpolemēsōwill fightπολεμέω (polemeō)verb, future active indicative, 1st person singular — “will fight”, an action still aheadG4170I make war, contend, fight, battle.will fightμετ’metagainstμετά (meta)preposition — “against”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.againstαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἐνenwithἐνpreposition — “with”G1722in, on, among.withτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ῥομφαίᾳrhomphaiaswordῥομφαίαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “sword”, the to- or for-formG4501a sword, scimitar; fig: war, piercing grief.the swordτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.στόματόςstomatosmouthστόμα (stoma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “mouth”, the of-formG4750the mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.mouthμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
'Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
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American Standard Version (1901)
Repent therefore; or else I come to thee quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword 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.
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 .
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.
Douay-Rheims
In like manner do penance: if not, I will come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
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