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Youngs Literal Translation

And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

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

Bible in Basic English

Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;

Darby Translation

Therefore beware, and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,

Julia Smith Translation

And now, watch now, and drink not wine and strong drink, and thou shalt not eat any thing unclean:

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

So then, be careful and do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean,

Modern King James verseion

And now, please take heed, and do not drink wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And now beware, and drink no wine nor strong drink; neither eat any unclean thing.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

Now therefore please be careful and drink no wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing.

The Emphasized Bible

Now, therefore, beware, I pray thee, and do not drink wine or strong drink, - nor eat anything unclean;

Webster

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:

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I pray thee, and drink
שׁתה 
Shathah 
Usage: 218

not wine
יין 
Yayin 
Usage: 140

שׁכר 
Shekar 
Usage: 23

and eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

not any unclean
טמא 
Tame' 
Usage: 88

Context Readings

Samson's Parents

3 and a messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto the woman, and saith unto her, 'Lo, I pray thee, thou art barren, and hast not borne; when thou hast conceived, then thou hast borne a son. 4 And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, 5 for, lo, thou art conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor doth not go up on his head, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb, and he doth begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.'


Cross References

Numbers 6:2-3

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When a man or woman doeth singularly, by vowing a vow of a Nazarite, to be separate to Jehovah;

Judges 13:14

of anything which cometh out from the wine-vine she doth not eat, and wine and strong drink she doth not drink, and any unclean thing she doth not eat; all that I have commanded her she doth observe.'

Luke 1:15

for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

Leviticus 11:27

And any one going on its paws, among all the beasts which are going on four -- unclean they are to you; any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean until the evening;

Leviticus 11:47

to make separation between the unclean and the pure, and between the beast that is eaten, and the beast that is not eaten.'

Judges 13:7

and he saith to me, Lo, thou art pregnant, and bearing a son, and now do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb till the day of his death.'

Acts 10:14

And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'

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