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:
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So be careful; you must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink nor eat any forbidden food.

Context of Judges 13:4

2A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth. 3The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, “You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son. Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean. 5You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.” 6Then the woman went to her husband and told him, “A man of God came to me. He looked like an angel of God, very awesome. 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 grapevine, nor drink any wine or other fermented drink nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”
• Numbers 6:2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man or woman wants to make a special vow, a vow of dedication to the Lord as a Nazirite,
• Luke 1:15for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born.
• Leviticus 11:27Of all the animals that walk on all fours, those that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening.
• Acts 10:14“Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything 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