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The Birth of Samson

Judges 13:4

In 11 translations

BSB
Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
KJV
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
WEB
Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean thing;
ASV
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
LSV
And now, please take heed and do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,
YLT
And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,
DBY
And now beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat nothing unclean.
DRC
Now therefore beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.
GNV
And nowe therefore beware that thou drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing.
JPS
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.
LXXE
And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְעַתָּה֙ הִשָּׁ֣מְרִי נָ֔א וְאַל־תִּשְׁתִּ֖י יַ֣יִן וְשֵׁכָ֑ר וְאַל־תֹּאכְלִ֖י כָּל־טָמֵֽא׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ νῦν φύλαξαι δὴ, καὶ μὴ πίῃς οἶνον καὶ μέθυσμα, καὶ μὴ φάγῃς πᾶν ἀκάθαρτον,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 1:15for 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.
  • Judges 13:14She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”
  • Numbers 6:2–3“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, he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made…
  • Judges 13:7But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until…
  • Leviticus 11:47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”
  • Acts 10:14“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
  • Leviticus 11:27All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

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