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Judges 13:4 KJV
Judges · chapter 13 · verse 4
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:Judges 13:4 · King James Version
Judges 13:4 in context
2And there was a certain 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 unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
4Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
5For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
6Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- bewareshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- drinkshâthâhto imbibeH8354 →
- drinkshêkâran intoxicantH7941 →
- wineyayinwineH3196 →
- eatʼâkalto eatH398 →
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The first verse gives us a short account, such as we have too often met with already, of the great distress that Israel was in, which gave occasion for the raising up of a deliverer. They did evil, as they had done, in the sight of the Lord, and then God delivered them, as he had done, into the hands of their enemies.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7