Judges 13:4
“Now therefore beware I pray thee, and drinke not wine, nor strong drinke, and eat not any vncleane thing.”
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Judges 13:4 Context
2¶ And there was a certaine man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah, and his wife was barren, and bare not. 3And the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto the woman, and said vnto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceiue and beare a sonne. 4Now therefore beware I pray thee, and drinke not wine, nor strong drinke, and eat not any vncleane thing. 5For loe, thou shalt conceiue, and beare a sonne, and no rasor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite vnto God from the wombe: and he shall begin to deliuer Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. 6¶ Then the woman came, and told her husband, saying; A man of God came vnto mee, and his countenance was like the countenance of an Angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
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Other Translations
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]:
- King James Version
"Now therefore, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;
- Basic English Bible
And now beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat nothing unclean.
- Darby Bible
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine, nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
- Webster's Bible
Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing:
- World English Bible
And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
"Now therefore, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;
- Basic English Bible
And now beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat nothing unclean.
- Darby Bible
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine, nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
- Webster's Bible
Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing:
- World English Bible
And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Judges 13:4
13:4 Beware - Because the child was to be a Nazarite from the womb, ver.#5|, and from the conception; and because the mother's pollution extends to the child, she is enjoined from this time to observe the following rules belonging to the Nazarites. Strong drink - Under which are comprehended the other particulars mentioned, #Numb 6:2 |- 4. Nor eat - Any of those meats forbidden, #Levit 11:1 |- 47, which were forbidden to all, but especially to the Nazarites.