Ezekiel 3:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ He said to me, “Mortal, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.” Then I ate it, and in my mouth it was as sweet as honey.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And He said to me, Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it. Then I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

Common English Bible

³ He said to me: Human one, feed your belly and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you. So I ate it, and in my mouth it became as sweet as honey.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And he said to me: "Son of man, your stomach shall eat, and your interior shall be filled with this scroll, which I am giving to you." And I ate it, and in my mouth it became as sweet as honey.

Ezekiel 3:3 Cross References

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.

Psalm 119:97

Oh, how I love your law! It is my meditation all day long.

Psalm 119:11

I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.

John 7:38

and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’ ”

Ezekiel 2:10

He spread it before me; it had writing on the front and on the back, and written on it were words of lamentation and mourning and woe.

Jeremiah 20:9

If I say, “I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,” then within me there is something like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.

Jeremiah 6:11

But I am full of the wrath of the Lord; I am weary of holding it in. Pour it out on the children in the street and on the gatherings of young men as well; both husband and wife shall be taken, the elderly and those full of days.

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured his words in my bosom.

Ezekiel 2:8

“But you, mortal, hear what I say to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.”

Ezekiel 3:4

He said to me, “Mortal, go to the house of Israel and speak my very words to them.

Psalm 19:11

Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.