Judges 13:4
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
American King James Version (AKJV)
Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
American Standard Version (ASV)
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;
Webster's Revision
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:
English Revised Version (ERV)
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
Clarke's Judges 13:4 Bible Commentary
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 in the notes on Numbers 6:2 (note), etc.
Wesley's Judges 13:4 Bible Commentary
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, Numbers 6:2 - 4.Nor eat - Any of those meats forbidden, Leviticus 11:1 - 47, which were forbidden to all, but especially to the Nazarites.
