KJV King James Version
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
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Psalm 119:103
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!
WEB World English Bible
How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
ASV American Standard Version
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.
Surrounding context — Psalm 119
100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
105 NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform [it], that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
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Cross-references
Proverbs 8:11For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.Psalm 19:10More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.Proverbs 24:13-14My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:Psalm 63:5My soul shall be satisfied as [with] marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise [thee] with joyful lips:Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].Proverbs 3:17Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.Song of Solomon 5:1I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.Song of Solomon 1:2-4Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine.
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