KJV King James Version
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take [it], and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
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Revelation 10:9
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take [it], and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
WEB World English Bible
I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, “Take it, and eat it up. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
ASV American Standard Version
And I went unto the angel, saying unto him that he should give me the little book. And he saith unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I went away unto the messenger, saying to him, ‘Give me the little scroll;’ and he saith to me, ‘Take, and eat it up, and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet—as honey.’
Surrounding context — Revelation 10
6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go [and] take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take [it], and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
10 And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandἀπῆλθαG565 · aperchomaito go awayπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄγγελονG32 · angelosangelλέγωνG3004 · legōto sayαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heδοῦναίG1325 · didōmito giveμοιG3165 · memeτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoβιβλαρίδιον.G974 · biblaridionlittle scrollκαὶG2532 · kaiandλέγειG3004 · legōto sayμοι·G3165 · memeλάβεG2983 · lambanōto takeκαὶG2532 · kaiandκατάφαγεG2719 · katesthiōto devourαὐτό.G846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandπικρανεῖG4087 · pikrainōto embitterσουG4771 · suyouτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoκοιλίαν,G2836 · koiliabelly/womb/stomachἀλλ᾽G235 · allabutἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoστόματίG4750 · stomamouthσουG4771 · suyouἔσταιG1510 · eimito beγλυκὺG1099 · glukussweetὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenμέλι.¶G3192 · melihoney
Cross-references
Ezekiel 3:1-3Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.Jeremiah 15:16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.Ezekiel 2:8But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.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].Ezekiel 3:14So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.Colossians 3:6For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
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