American Standard Version
Judges 13:4
4Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
Judges 13:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
- New International Version (NIV)Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore be careful and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
Context of Judges 13:4
2And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. 3And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: 5for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. 6Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
Read all of Judges 13Judges 13:4 word by word
וְעַתָּה֙ הִשָּׁ֣מְרִי נָ֔א וְאַל־תִּשְׁתִּ֖י יַ֣יִן וְשֵׁכָ֑ר וְאַל־תֹּאכְלִ֖י כָּל־טָמֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Judges 13:4
- Judges 13:14She may not eat of anything that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe.
- Numbers 6:2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself unto Jehovah,
- Luke 1:15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
- Leviticus 11:27And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even.
- Acts 10:14But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.
Commentaries on Judges 13:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Beware - drink not wine - As Samson was designed to be a Nazarite from the womb, it was necessary that, while his mother carried and nursed him, she should live the life of a Nazarite, neither drinking wine nor any inebriating liquor, nor eating any kind of forbidden meat. See the account of the Nazarite and his vow in the notes on Numbers 6:2; (note), etc.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4anything unclean: See Leviticus 11.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-102. Zorah--a Danite town (Jos 15:33) lying on the common boundary of Judah and Dan, so that it was near the Philistine border.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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