Judges 13:4

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

2There was a man who belonged to Dan's tribe. His name was Manoah and he lived in Zorah. His wife had no children and she could not give birth. 3The Lord's angel appeared to her. He said, ‘You have not been able to give birth to any children until now. But you will become pregnant and you will give birth to a son. You must not drink any wine or any beer. You must not eat any food that is unclean. 5Yes, you will give birth to a son. You must never cut the boy's hair. He is to be a Nazirite. He will belong to God from the time that he is born. He will begin to rescue the Israelites from the power of the Philistines.’ 6The woman went quickly to tell her husband. She said, ‘A man of God came to me. He looked like an angel that God had sent with a message. I was afraid of him. I did not ask where he came from. He did not tell me his name.

Judges 13:4 word by word

וְעַתָּה֙ הִשָּׁ֣מְרִי נָ֔א וְאַל־תִּשְׁתִּ֖י יַ֣יִן וְשֵׁכָ֑ר וְאַל־תֹּאכְלִ֖י כָּל־טָמֵֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now therefore bewareשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: carefulH8104
• I pray thee, and drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• not wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• nor strong drinkשֵׁכָרshêkâr · strong drinkH7941
• and eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• not any uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931

Cross-references for Judges 13:4

• Judges 13:14She must not eat anything that comes from vines. She must not drink wine or beer. She must not eat any food that is unclean. She must obey everything that I have commanded her to do.’
• Numbers 6:2‘Tell the Israelites this: “A man or a woman may want to make a special promise to the Lord. That will make him or her separate from other people, as a Nazirite.
• Leviticus 11:27Some animals walk on four feet. It is wrong to touch the dead body of an animal that has paws.
• Acts 10:14Peter answered, ‘No, Lord, I would certainly not do that. I have never eaten an animal that our Law says is 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

Topics related to Judges 13:4

• Abstinence, Total
• Conception
• Manoah
• Samson
• Wine

In the dictionaries

• strong drink
• Angel
• Conceive
• Detain
• Drink, strong
• Manoah
• Nazarite
• Samson
• Wine
• Drink, Strong

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