Revelation 10:9

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.”

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WEBBE

I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”

BSB

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.”

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me: Put it in your mouth; and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἀπῆλθα apēltha I went G565 πρὸς pros to G4314 τὸν ton the G3588 ἄγγελον angelon angel G32 λέγων legōn saying G3004 αὐτῷ autō to him G846 δοῦναί dounai to give G1325 μοι moi me G3165 τὸ to the G3588 βιβλαρίδιον biblaridion little scroll G974 καὶ kai And G2532 λέγει legei he says G3004 μοι moi to me G3165 λάβε labe do take G2983 καὶ kai and G2532 κατάφαγε kataphage do eat G2719 αὐτό auto it G846 καὶ kai and G2532 πικρανεῖ pikranei it will make bitter G4087 σου sou your G4771 τὴν tēn (the) G3588 κοιλίαν koilian stomach G2836 ἀλλ all᾽ but G235 ἐν en in G1722 τῷ tō the G3588 στόματί stomati mouth G4750 σου sou of you G4771 ἔσται estai it will be G1510 γλυκὺ gluku sweet G1099 ὡς hōs as G5613 μέλι.¶ meli honey G3192

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 8–11

Most men feel pleasure in looking into future events, and all good men like to receive a word from God. But when this book of prophecy was thoroughly digested by the apostle, the contents would be bitter; there were things so awful and terrible, such grievous persecutions of the people of God, such desolations in the earth, that the foresight and foreknowledge of them would be painful to his mind. Let us seek to be taught by Christ, and to obey his orders; daily meditating on his word, that it may nourish our souls; and then declaring it according to our several stations. The sweetness of such contemplations will often be mingled with bitterness, while we compare the Scriptures with the state of the world and the church, or even with that of our own hearts.

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Angel (A Spirit)

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