God’s Word Translation
Judges 13:14
14She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevines, drink any wine or liquor, or eat any unclean food. She must be careful to do everything I commanded.”
Judges 13:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)She may not eat of any thing 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.
- New International Version (NIV)She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, nor drink any wine or other fermented drink nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)She may not eat of anything that comes from the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, or eat any unclean thing. All that I commanded her let her observe."
- New King James Version (NKJV)She may not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor may she drink wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean. All that I commanded her let her observe.”
Context of Judges 13:14
12Then Manoah asked, “When your words come true, how should the boy live and what should he do?” 13The Messenger of the Lord answered Manoah, “Your wife must be careful to do everything I told her to do. She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevines, drink any wine or liquor, or eat any unclean food. She must be careful to do everything I commanded.” 15Manoah said to the Messenger of the Lord, “Please stay while we prepare a young goat for you to eat.” 16But the Messenger of the Lord responded, “If I stay here, I will not eat any of your food. But if you make a burnt offering, sacrifice it to the Lord.” (Manoah did not realize that it was the Messenger of the Lord.)
Read all of Judges 13Judges 13:14 word by word
מִכֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־יֵצֵא֩ מִגֶּ֨פֶן הַיַּ֜יִן לֹ֣א תֹאכַ֗ל וְיַ֤יִן וְשֵׁכָר֙ אַל־תֵּ֔שְׁתְּ וְכָל־טֻמְאָ֖ה אַל־תֹּאכַ֑ל כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוִּיתִ֖יהָ תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- She may not eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- that comethיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: produceH3318
- of the vineגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
- neither let her drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
- wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
- or strong drinkשֵׁכָרshêkâr · strong drinkH7941
- any uncleanטֻמְאָהţûm'âh · uncleannessH2932
- all that I commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
- her let her observeשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
Cross-references for Judges 13:14
- Judges 13:4Now you must be careful. Don’t drink any wine or liquor or eat any unclean food.
- Deuteronomy 12:32Be sure to do everything I command you. Never add anything to it or take anything away from it.
- Matthew 28:20Teach them to do everything I have commanded you. “And remember that I am always with you until the end of time.”
- John 2:5His mother told the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.”
- John 15:14You are my friends if you obey my commandments.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:4The Lord gives us confidence that you are doing and will continue to do what we ordered you to do.
Commentaries on Judges 13:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Compare Numbers 6:4. In both passages the vine is described by the somewhat unusual though more accurate term, “vine of the wine” - the grape-bearing vine - to distinguish it from the wild cucumber vine 2 Kings 4:39, or other plants to which the name vine was applied.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet, as Manoah, have believed. Good men are more careful and desirous to know the duty to be done by them, than to know the events concerning them: duty is ours, events are God's. God will guide those by his counsel, who desire to know their duty, and apply to him to teach them. Pious parents, especially, will beg Divine assistance. The angel repeats the directions he had before given. There is need of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1411. Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman?--Manoah's intense desire for the repetition of the angel's visit was prompted not by doubts or anxieties of any kind, but was the fruit of lively faith, and of his great anxiety to follow out the instructions given. Blessed was he who had not seen, yet had believed.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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