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Green's Literal Translation
Judges 13:4
And now take heed, and please do not drink wine or fermented drink; and do not eat any unclean thing .
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Christian Standard Bible®
Now please be careful not to drink wine or beer, or to eat anything unclean;
Now please be careful not to drink wine or beer, or to eat anything unclean;
Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing:
Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing:
King James Version
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
Lexham English Bible
So then, be careful and do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean,
So then, be careful and do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean,
English Standard Version
Therefore be careful and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,
Therefore be careful and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,
New Century Version
Be careful not to drink wine or beer or eat anything that is unclean,
Be careful not to drink wine or beer or eat anything that is unclean,
New English Translation
Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean.
Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean.
Amplified Bible
"Therefore, be careful not to drink wine or [any other] intoxicating drink, and do not eat anything [ceremonially] unclean.
"Therefore, be careful not to drink wine or [any other] intoxicating drink, and do not eat anything [ceremonially] unclean.
New American Standard Bible
"And now, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.
"And now, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And nowe therefore beware that thou drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing.
And nowe therefore beware that thou drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing.
Legacy Standard Bible
Neem jou dan nou tog in ag en drink geen wyn of sterk drank nie en eet niks wat onrein is nie.
Neem jou dan nou tog in ag en drink geen wyn of sterk drank nie en eet niks wat onrein is nie.
Complete Jewish Bible
Now, therefore, be careful not to drink any wine or other intoxicating liquor, and don't eat anything unclean.
Now, therefore, be careful not to drink any wine or other intoxicating liquor, and don't eat anything unclean.
Darby Translation
And now beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat nothing unclean.
And now beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat nothing unclean.
Easy-to-Read Version
Don't drink any wine or any other strong drink. Don't eat any food that is unclean,
Don't drink any wine or any other strong drink. Don't eat any food that is unclean,
George Lamsa Translation
Now therefore beware, lest you drink wine or strong drink; and you shall not eat anything unclean.
Now therefore beware, lest you drink wine or strong drink; and you shall not eat anything unclean.
Good News Translation
Be sure not to drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food;
Be sure not to drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take hede therfore, yt thou drynke no wyne ner stronge drynke, and yt thou eate no vncleane thinge,
Take hede therfore, yt thou drynke no wyne ner stronge drynke, and yt thou eate no vncleane thinge,
American Standard Version
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
Bible in Basic English
Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;
Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And nowe therfore beware that thou drinke no wyne, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing:
And nowe therfore beware that thou drinke no wyne, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.
King James Version (1611)
Now therefore beware I pray thee, and drinke not wine, nor strong drinke, and eat not any vncleane thing.
Now therefore beware I pray thee, and drinke not wine, nor strong drinke, and eat not any vncleane thing.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;
And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;
English Revised Version
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
Berean Standard Bible
Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor be thou war, lest thou drynke wyn, and sydur, nethir ete thou ony vnclene thing;
Therfor be thou war, lest thou drynke wyn, and sydur, nethir ete thou ony vnclene thing;
Young's Literal Translation
And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,
And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,
Update Bible Version
Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing:
Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing:
Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine, nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]:
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine, nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]:
World English Bible
Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing:
Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing:
New King James Version
Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
New Living Translation
So be careful; you must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink nor eat any forbidden food.
So be careful; you must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink nor eat any forbidden food.
New Life Bible
So be careful not to drink wine or strong drink. Do not eat anything that is unclean.
So be careful not to drink wine or strong drink. Do not eat anything that is unclean.
New Revised Standard
Now be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, or to eat anything unclean,
Now be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, or to eat anything unclean,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, beware, I pray thee, and do not drink wine or strong drink, - nor eat anything unclean;
Now, therefore, beware, I pray thee, and do not drink wine or strong drink, - nor eat anything unclean;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore beware, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.
Now therefore beware, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.
Revised Standard Version
Therefore beware, and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,
Therefore beware, and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now therefore, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.
"Now therefore, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.
Contextual Overview
1 And the sons of Israel did evil again in the sight of Jehovah, and Jehovah gave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years. 2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. And his wife was barren, and had not borne. 3 And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, you are barren and have not borne. But you shall conceive and bear a son. 4 And now take heed, and please do not drink wine or fermented drink; and do not eat any unclean thing . 5 For, behold, you are pregnant and bearing a son. And a razor shall not go on his head, for the boy shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb. And he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. 6 And the woman came and spoke to her husband, saying, A Man of God has come to me, and He was seen as the appearance of the Angel of God, very terrifying. And I did not ask Him where He was from, and He did not tell me His name. 7 And He said to me, Behold, you are pregnant and will bear a son. And now do not drink wine or fermented drink, and do not eat any unclean thing , for the boy shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb, until the day of his death.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
drink not: Judges 13:14, Numbers 6:2, Numbers 6:3, Luke 1:15
eat not: Leviticus 11:27, Leviticus 11:47, Acts 10:14
Reciprocal: Amos 2:11 - Nazarites
Cross-References
Genesis 4:26
And a son was also born to Seth, and he called his name, Enos. Then it was begun to call on the name of Jehovah.
And a son was also born to Seth, and he called his name, Enos. Then it was begun to call on the name of Jehovah.
Genesis 13:1
And Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negeb, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot being with him.
And Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negeb, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot being with him.
Genesis 13:2
And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.
And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.
Genesis 13:3
And he went on his journeys from the south, even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been there at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
And he went on his journeys from the south, even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been there at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
Genesis 13:7
And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land.
And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land.
Genesis 13:8
And Abram said to Lot, Please let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are men, brothers.
And Abram said to Lot, Please let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are men, brothers.
Genesis 13:18
Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron; and he built an altar to Jehovah there.
Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron; and he built an altar to Jehovah there.
Psalms 26:8
O Jehovah, I have loved the place of Your house, and the place where Your glory dwells.
O Jehovah, I have loved the place of Your house, and the place where Your glory dwells.
Psalms 84:10
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand; I have chosen to stand at the threshold in the house of my God rather than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand; I have chosen to stand at the threshold in the house of my God rather than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psalms 107:1
Give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever.
Give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink,.... Any liquor inebriating and intoxicating, neither new wine nor old wine, as the Targum, and so Jarchi; the reason of this appears in the next verse, because the child she should conceive and bear was to be a Nazarite, and to be one from his mother's womb; and from all such liquors, Nazarites, according to the law, were to abstain, Numbers 6:3
and eat not any unclean thing; meaning not so much such sort of food as was forbidden by the law to be eaten, which every Israelite was to abstain from, but such as were particularly forbidden to Nazarites, as moist and dried grapes, or anything made of the vine tree, from the kernel to the husk, Numbers 6:3. The reason of this is, because the child in the womb is nourished with the same the mother is; and as this child was to be a Nazarite from the womb, and even in it, his mother was to abstain both from eatables and drinkables forbidden a Nazarite by the law.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Judges 13:4. Beware - 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, see in Clarke's notes on "Numbers 6:2", &c.
