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 from Zorah named Manoah. Manoah was from the family of Dan. His wife was not able to have children. 3The Messenger of the Lord appeared to her and said, “You’ve never been able to have a child, but now you will become pregnant and have a son. Now you must be careful. Don’t drink any wine or liquor or eat any unclean food. 5You’re going to become pregnant and have a son. You must never cut his hair because the boy will be a Nazirite dedicated to God from birth. He will begin to rescue Israel from the power of the Philistines.” 6The woman went to tell her husband. She said, “A man of God came to me. He had a very frightening appearance like the Messenger of God. So I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t 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 the grapevines, drink any wine or liquor, or eat any unclean food. She must be careful to do everything I commanded.”
• Numbers 6:2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: A man or a woman may make a special vow to live as a Nazirite dedicated to the Lord.
• Luke 1:15As far as the Lord is concerned, he will be a great man. He will never drink wine or any other liquor. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born.
• Leviticus 11:27All four-legged animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.
• Acts 10:14Peter answered, “I can’t do that, Lord! I’ve never eaten anything that is impure or 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