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Judges 13:14

She must not eat anything that grows on a grapevine. She must not drink any wine or strong drink. She must not eat any food that is unclean. She must do everything that I have commanded her to do."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abstinence, Total;   Angel (Holy Trinity);   Conception;   Manoah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Food;   Food, Physical-Spiritual;   Unclean;   Victuals;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Nazarites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dan;   Harosheth of the Gentiles;   Manoah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Angel of the Lord;   Hospitality;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Manoah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Judges, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Judges, Book of;   Samson;   Strong Drink;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Levi;   Manoah;   Nazirite;   Philistines;   Samson;   Trinity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Nazirite ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Manoah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Manoah;   Samson;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Manoah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Drink, Strong;   Samson;   Vine;   Woman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ascetics;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine or drink wine or beer. And she must not eat anything unclean. Your wife must do everything I have commanded her.”
Hebrew Names Version
She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
She should not eat of anything that comes from the vine, or drink wine or strong drink, or eat anything unclean; she should keep all that I commanded."
English Standard Version
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 Century Version
She must not eat anything that grows on a grapevine, or drink any wine or beer, or eat anything that is unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her."
New English Translation
She 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."
Amplified Bible
"She may not eat anything that comes from the vine nor drink wine or [any other] intoxicating drink, nor eat anything [ceremonially] unclean. She shall observe everything that I commanded her."
New American Standard Bible
"She shall not eat anything that comes from the vine nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; she shall keep all that I commanded."
Geneva Bible (1587)
She may eate of nothing that commeth of the vinetree: she shal not drinke wine nor strong drinke, nor eate any vncleane thing: let her obserue all that I haue commanded her.
Legacy Standard Bible
But Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,
Contemporary English Version
"She must not eat or drink anything made from grapes. She must not drink wine or beer or eat anything forbidden by God's laws. I told her exactly what to do."
Complete Jewish Bible
She shouldn't eat anything that comes from a grapevine, she shouldn't drink wine or other intoxicating liquor, and she shouldn't eat anything unclean. She should do everything I ordered her to do."
Darby Translation
she shall not eat of anything that cometh of the vine, neither shall she drink wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean: all that I commanded her shall she observe.
George Lamsa Translation
She must not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither shall she drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I have commanded her let her observe.
Good News Translation
She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine; she must not drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food. She must do everything that I have told her."
Literal Translation
she shall not eat of anything that came forth from the grapevine; and she shall not drink wine or fermented drink; and she shall not eat any unclean thing . She shall be careful of all that I commanded her.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
he shal not eate that which commeth of the vyne, and shal drynke no wyne ner stronge drynke, and eate no vncleane thinge: & all that I haue comaunded her, shal he kepe.
American Standard Version
She may not eat of anything 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.
Bible in Basic English
She is to have nothing which comes from the vine for her food, and let her take no wine or strong drink or anything which is unclean; let her take care to do all I have given her orders to do.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
She may eate of nothing that cometh of the vine tree, nor drinke wine or strong drinke, nor eate any vncleane thing: but must obserue all that I bad her.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the grapevine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe.'
King James Version (1611)
She may not eate of any thing that commeth of the Uine, neither let her drinke wine or strong drinke, nor eat any vncleane thing: all that I commanded her, let her obserue.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
She shall eat of nothing that comes of the vine yielding wine, and let her not drink wine or strong liquor, and let her not eat anything unclean: all things that I have charged her she shall observe.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
She is not to eat anything that comes from the vine or drink wine or strong drink. And she must not eat anything unclean. Your wife must do everything I have commanded her."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ete he not what euer thing cometh forth of the vyner, drynke he not wyn, and sidur, ete he not ony vncleene thing and fille he; and kepe that, that Y comaundide to hym.
Young's Literal Translation
of anything which cometh out from the wine-vine she doth not eat, and wine and strong drink she doth not drink, and any unclean thing she doth not eat; all that I have commanded her she doth observe.'
Update Bible Version
She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
She may not eat of anything that comes 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 King James Version
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."
New Living Translation
She must not eat grapes or raisins, drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, or eat any forbidden food."
New Life Bible
She must not eat anything from the vine or drink wine or strong drink. She must not eat anything that is unclean. Let her obey all I have told her."
New Revised Standard
She may not eat of anything that comes from the vine. She is not to drink wine or strong drink, or eat any unclean thing. She is to observe everything that I commanded her."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Of nothing that cometh of the vine, may she eat, nor wine nor strong drink, let her drink, nor, anything unclean, let her eat, - all that I commanded her, let her observe.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And let her eat nothing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: and whatsoever I have commanded her, let her fulfil and observe.
Revised Standard Version
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 American Standard Bible (1995)
"She should not eat anything that comes from the vine nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; let her observe all that I commanded."

Contextual Overview

8 Then Manoah prayed to the Lord . He said, "Lord, I beg you to send the man of God to us again. We want him to teach us what we should do for the boy who will soon be born." 9 God heard Manoah's prayer. The angel of God came to the woman again. She was sitting in a field and her husband Manoah was not with her. 10 So the woman ran to tell her husband, "The man is back! The man who came to me the other day is here." 11 Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he said, "Are you the same man who spoke to my wife before?" The angel said, "I am." 12 So Manoah said, "May what you say happen. Tell me, what kind of life will the boy live? What will he do?" 13 The angel of the Lord said to Manoah, "Your wife must do everything I told her. 14 She must not eat anything that grows on a grapevine. She must not drink any wine or strong drink. She must not eat any food that is unclean. She must do everything that I have commanded her to do."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

neither: Judges 13:4

all that I: Deuteronomy 12:32, Matthew 28:20, John 2:5, John 15:14, 2 Thessalonians 3:4

Reciprocal: Numbers 6:3 - General Jeremiah 35:6 - Ye shall

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked and saw the whole Jordan Valley. He saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord 's Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)
Genesis 28:14
You will have as many descendants as there are particles of dust on the earth. They will spread east and west, north and south. All the families on earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants.
Deuteronomy 3:27
Go up to the top of Mount Pisgah. Look to the west, to the north, to the south, and to the east. You may see these things with your eyes, but you can never go across the Jordan River.
Isaiah 49:18
Look up! Look all around you! All of your children are gathering together and coming to you." The Lord says, "On my life, I promise you this: Your children will be like jewels that you tie around your neck. Your children will be like the necklace that a bride wears.
Isaiah 60:4
Look around you! See all the people gathering around. Those are your sons coming from far away, and your daughters are there beside them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

She may not eat of anything that cometh from the vine,.... Grapes moist or dried, kernels, or husks, or anything made of them:

neither let her drink wine, or strong drink; as she was to be careful to abstain from such liquors, so her husband also is enjoined not to suffer her to drink any:

nor eat any unclean thing; which was so by the law of Moses, and particularly by the law of the Nazarites:

all that I commanded her, let her observe; both with respect to herself and the child.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare 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.


 
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