KJV King James Version
For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Judges 13:5
For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch 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.”
WEB World English Bible
for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”
ASV American Standard Version
for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.’
Surrounding context — Judges 13
2 And 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.
3 And 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.
4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]:
5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor 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.
6 Then 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:
7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean [thing]: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
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כִּי֩H3588 · kiforהִנָּ֨ךְH2009 · hin.nehbeholdהָרָ֜הH2030 · ha.rahpregnantוְיֹלַ֣דְתְּH3205 · ya.ladto begetבֵּ֗ןH1121 · benson: childוּמוֹרָה֙H4177 · mo.rahrazorלֹא־H3808 · lonotיַעֲלֶ֣הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseעַל־H5921 · aluponרֹאשׁ֔וֹH7218 · roshheadכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforנְזִ֧ירH5139 · na.zirNaziriteאֱלֹהִ֛יםH430 · e.lo.himGodיִהְיֶ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beהַנַּ֖עַרH5288 · na.aryouthמִן־H4480 · minfromהַבָּ֑טֶןH990 · be.tenbelly: abdomenוְה֗וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itיָחֵ֛לH2490 · cha.lalto boreלְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַH3467 · ya.sahto saveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelמִיַּ֥דH3027 · yadhandפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃H6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistine
Cross-references
Numbers 6:5All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no rasor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth [himself] unto the LORD, he shall be holy, [and] shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.1 Samuel 1:11And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.1 Chronicles 18:1Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.Numbers 6:2-3Speak 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:1 Samuel 7:13So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.2 Samuel 8:1And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
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