Revelation 10:9-11
Contemporary English Version
9 When I went over to ask the angel for the little scroll, the angel said, “Take the scroll and eat it! Your stomach will turn sour, but the taste in your mouth will be sweet as honey.” 10 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.
11 Then some voices said, “Keep on telling what will happen to the people of many nations, races, and languages, and also to kings.”
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Revelation 10:9-11
New King James Version
9 So I went to the angel and said to him, “Give me the little book.”
And he said to me, (A)“Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”
10 Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, (B)and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, (C)my stomach became bitter. 11 And [a]he said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”
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Revelation 10:9-11
King James Version
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.
10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
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Revelation 10:9-11
English Standard Version
9 So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, (A)“Take and (B)eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” 10 And 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. 11 And I was told, (C)“You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.”
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