Judges 13:4
New International Version
Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean.

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

English Standard Version
Therefore be careful and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,

Berean Standard Bible
Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

King James Bible
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not 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.

New American Standard Bible
And now, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.

NASB 1995
“Now therefore, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.

NASB 1977
“Now therefore, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.

Legacy Standard Bible
So now, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.

Amplified Bible
Therefore, be careful not to drink wine or [any other] intoxicating drink, and do not eat anything [ceremonially] unclean.

Christian Standard Bible
Now please be careful not to drink wine or beer, or to eat anything unclean;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now please be careful not to drink wine or beer, or to eat anything unclean;

American Standard Version
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Beware that you shall not drink wine or liquor and you shall not eat anything that is defiled

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.

English Revised Version
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Now you must be careful. Don't drink any wine or liquor or eat any unclean food.

Good News Translation
Be sure not to drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food;

International Standard Version
So be sure that you don't drink wine or anything intoxicating, and don't eat anything unclean

JPS Tanakh 1917
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.

Literal Standard Version
And now, please take heed and do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,

Majority Standard Bible
Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

New American Bible
Now, then, be careful to drink no wine or beer and to eat nothing unclean,

NET Bible
Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean.

New Revised Standard Version
Now be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, or to eat anything unclean,

New Heart English Bible
Now therefore please be careful and drink no wine nor strong drink, and do not 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:

World English Bible
Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean 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,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Birth of Samson
3The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son. 4Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean. 5For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”…

Cross References
Luke 1:15
for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb.

Numbers 6:2
"Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,

Numbers 6:3
he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.

Judges 13:13
So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, "Your wife is to do everything I told her.


Treasury of Scripture

Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

drink not

Judges 13:14
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.

Numbers 6:2,3
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD: …

Luke 1:15
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

eat not

Leviticus 11:27,47
And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even…

Acts 10:14
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

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Judges 13
1. Israel is delivered into the hands of Philistines
2. An angel appears to Manoah's wife
8. The angel appears to Manoah
15. Manoah's sacrifices, whereby the angel is discovered.
24. Samson is born














(4) Drink not wine.--The mother is to share for a time in part of the Nazarite vow.

Strong drink.--Sheekar (LXX., Sikera) means intoxicating liquor not made from grapes (Luke 1:15).

Eat not any unclean thing.--Leviticus 11. The law applied to all Israelites, but is to be specially observed by the wife of Manoah, to impress on her and on the nation the separated character of her son.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Now
וְעַתָּה֙ (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

please
נָ֔א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

be careful
הִשָּׁ֣מְרִי (hiš·šā·mə·rî)
Verb - Nifal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

not
וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

to drink
תִּשְׁתִּ֖י (tiš·tî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

wine
יַ֣יִן (ya·yin)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3196: Wine, intoxication

or strong drink,
וְשֵׁכָ֑ר (wə·šê·ḵār)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7941: An intoxicant, intensely alcoholic liquor

and not
וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

to eat
תֹּאכְלִ֖י (tō·ḵə·lî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

anything
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

unclean.
טָמֵֽא׃ (ṭā·mê)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2931: Unclean


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