Revelation 10:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁹ So, I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little book. And he said to me, “Take it and eat it; it will be sweet as honey to your taste, but will cause you to have a sour stomach.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ So I went up to the angel and asked him to give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it and eat it. It will embitter your stomach, though in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey. [Ezek. 2:8, 9; 3:1-3.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ 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.

Common English Bible

⁹ So I went to the angel and told him to give me the scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will make you sick to your stomach, but sweet as honey in your mouth.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And I went to the Angel, saying to him that he should give the book to me. And he said to me: "Receive the book and consume it. And it shall cause bitterness in your stomach, but in your mouth it shall be sweet like honey."

Revelation 10:9 Cross References

Colossians 3:6

For the wrath of God will come [upon disobedient people] for practicing such things.

Revelation 10:10

So, I took the little book from the angel’s hand and ate it. And [sure enough], it was sweet as honey to my taste, but after eating it, it gave me a sour stomach.