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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Psalms 119:103

In 11 translations

BSB
How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
KJV
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!taste: Heb. palate
WEB
How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
ASV
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
LSV
How sweet Your saying has been to my palate, || Above honey to my mouth.
YLT
How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.
DBY
How sweet are thy *words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!
DRC118:103
How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.
GNV
Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.
JPS
How sweet are Thy words unto my palate! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
LXXE118:103
How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!

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Original-language editions

WLC
מַה־נִּמְלְצ֣וּ לְ֭חִכִּי אִמְרָתֶ֗ךָ מִדְּבַ֥שׁ לְפִֽי׃
LXX-Br118:103
Ὡς γλυκέα τῷ λάρυγγί μου τὰ λόγιά σου, ὑπὲρ μέλι τῷ στόματί μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
  • Proverbs 24:13–14Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
  • Psalms 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
  • Psalms 63:5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
  • Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
  • Proverbs 3:17All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
  • Song of Songs 5:1I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
  • Song of Songs 1:2–4Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine. The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you. Take me away…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 118:103 in some Bibles
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