New Revised Standard Version
So I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it; it was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

Contemporary English Version
I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. The taste was sweet as honey, but my stomach turned sour.

New American Bible
I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and swallowed it. In my mouth it was like sweet honey, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I took the book from the hand of the angel and ate it up: and it was in my mouth, sweet as honey. And when I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

And I took the book from the hand of the angel and ate it up: and it was in my mouth, sweet as honey. And when I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

sweet.

Psalm 19:10 More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

Psalm 104:34 Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in the Lord.

Psalm 119:103 How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.

Proverbs 16:24 Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Ezekiel 3:3 And he said to me: Son of man, thy belly shall eat, and thy bowels shall be filled with this book, which I give thee, and I did eat it: and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.

my belly.

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Ezekiel 3:14 The spirit also lifted me, and took me up: and I went away in bitterness in the indignation of my spirit: for the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me.

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