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Judges 13:14
14She must not eat grapes or raisins, drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, or eat any forbidden food.”
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
12So Manoah asked him, “When your words come true, what kind of rules should govern the boy’s life and work?” 13The angel of the Lord replied, “Be sure your wife follows the instructions I gave her. She must not eat grapes or raisins, drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, or eat any forbidden food.” 15Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “Please stay here until we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.” 16“I will stay,” the angel of the Lord replied, “but I will not eat anything. However, you may prepare a burnt offering as a sacrifice to the Lord.” (Manoah didn’t realize it was the angel 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 13:4So be careful; you must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink nor eat any forbidden food.
- Deuteronomy 12:32“So be careful to obey all the commands I give you. You must not add anything to them or subtract anything from them.
- Matthew 28:20Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- John 2:5But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
- John 15:14You are my friends if you do what I command.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:4And we are confident in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we commanded you.
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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