Revelation 10:9 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRevelation 10:9 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἀπῆλθα
apérchomai
G565
to depart
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
ἄγγελον
ángelos
G32
angel
λέγων
légō
G3004
to say
αὐτῷ
autós
G846
he
δοῦναί
dídōmi
G1325
to give
μοι
egṓ
G1473
I
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
βιβλαρίδιον
bibliarídion
G974
little book
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
λέγει
légō
G3004
to say
μοι
egṓ
G1473
I
λάβε
lambánō
G2983
to take
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
κατάφαγε
katesthíō
G2719
to devour
αὐτό
autós
G846
he
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
πικρανεῖ
pikraínō
G4087
to embitter
σου
sý
G4771
you
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
κοιλίαν
koilía
G2836
belly
ἀλλ’
allá
G235
but
ἐν
en
G1722
in
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
στόματί
stóma
G4750
mouth
σου
sý
G4771
you
ἔσται
eimí
G1510
to be
γλυκὺ
glykýs
G1099
sweet
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
μέλι
méli
G3192
honey
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And I went to the angel, telling him to give the little scroll to me. And he says to me, “Take and eat it, and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet like honey.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).