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 named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless. 3The Lord’s angelic messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, “You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son. Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. 5Look, you will conceive and have a son. You must never cut his hair, for the child will be dedicated to God from birth. He will begin to deliver Israel from the power of the Philistines.” 6The woman went and said to her husband, “A man sent from God came to me! He looked like God’s angelic messenger – he was very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and 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 should not drink anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”
• Numbers 6:2“Speak to the Israelites, and tell them, ‘When either a man or a woman takes a special vow, to take a vow as a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord,
• Luke 1:15for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
• Leviticus 11:27All that walk on their paws among all the creatures that walk on all fours are unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening,
• Acts 10:14But Peter said, “Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually 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