9I 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.|


In Context

6 and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,

7 but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.

8 The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, |Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.|

9 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.|

10 I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

11 They told me, |You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.|

Revelation 10:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:9And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:9So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, "Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:9And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:9And I went to the angel, saying unto him, that he should give me the book. And he said to me: Take the book, and eat it up: and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:9And I went to the angel, saying to him to give me the little book. And he says to me, Take and eat it up: and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:9And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:9And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it, and eat it, and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:9and 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:9And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make your belly bitter, but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey.