Psalms 119:103
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psalms 119:103 in other translations
| BSB | How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth! |
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| 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! |
| YLT | How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth. |
| DARBY | How sweet are thy words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth! |
| BBE | How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth! |
| Webster | How sweet are thy words to my taste! yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! |
What does Psalms 119:103 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:101-104
101-104. Avoidance of sinful courses is both the effect and means of increasing in divine knowledge (compare Psa 19:10). NUN. (Psa 119:105-112).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:97-104
What we love, we love to think of. All true wisdom is from God. A good man carries his Bible with him, if not in his hands, yet in his head and in his heart. By meditation on God's testimonies we understand more than our teachers, when we understand our own hearts. The written word is a more sure guide to heaven, than all the fathers, the teachers, and ancients of the church. We cannot, with any comfort or boldness…
Psalms 119:103 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 119:103
- Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
- Psalms 19:10
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
- Proverbs 24:13-14
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
- Psalms 63:5
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
- Job 23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
- Song of Solomon 5:1
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: 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; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
- Song of Solomon 1:2-4
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 119:102
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
- Psalms 119:103
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
- Psalms 119:104
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Psalms 119:103 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¡Cuán dulces son á mi paladar tus palabras! más que la miel á mi boca. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Que tes paroles ont été douces à mon palais, plus que le miel à ma bouche! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wie süß sind meinem Gaumen deine Worte, mehr als Honig meinem Munde! |