Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Which say there may be no touching, tasting, or taking in your hands,
New American Standard Bible
“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”
King James Version
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
Holman Bible
“Don’t handle, don’t taste, don’t touch”?
International Standard Version
"Don't handle this! Don't taste or touch that!"
A Conservative Version
Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch
American Standard Version
Handle not, nor taste, nor touch
Amplified
“Do not handle [this], do not taste [that], do not [even] touch!”?
An Understandable Version
"Do not handle [this]; do not taste [that]; do not touch [those things]?"
Anderson New Testament
Touch not, taste not, handle not,
Common New Testament
"Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!"
Daniel Mace New Testament
"don't eat this, don't taste that, nor touch it:"
Darby Translation
Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,
Godbey New Testament
Touch not, taste not, handle not,
Goodspeed New Testament
"You must not handle," "You must not taste," "You must not touch"??22 referring to things that are all meant to be used up and destroyed? This is to follow mere human rules and regulations.
John Wesley New Testament
(Touch not, taste not, handle not:
Julia Smith Translation
(Touch not; neither taste; neither shouldest thou handle;
King James 2000
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,"
Modern King James verseion
touch not, taste not, handle not;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Touch not; Taste not; Handle not:"
Moffatt New Testament
"Hands off this!" "Taste not that!" "Touch not this!" ??22 referring to things that perish by being used? These rules are determined by human precepts and tenets;
NET Bible
"Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"
New Heart English Bible
"Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch"
Noyes New Testament
Handle not, Taste not, Touch not,
The Emphasized Bible
Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch; -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
eat not, nor talk, nor touch,
Twentieth Century New Testament
To such ordinances as 'Do not handle, or taste, or touch'?
Webster
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
Weymouth New Testament
"Do not handle this;" "Do not taste that;" "Do not touch that other thing" --
Williams New Testament
"You must not handle," "You must not taste," "You must not touch,"
World English Bible
"Don't handle, nor taste, nor touch"
Worrell New Testament
"Handle not, taste not, touch not,"
Worsley New Testament
(such as "touch not, taste not,
Youngs Literal Translation
-- thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle --
Themes
Asceticism » Extreme application of » Rebuked by paul
Contact » With impurity » Forbidden
Defilement » Ceremonial, abolished under the gospel
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Word Count of 35 Translations in Colossians 2:21
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Prayers for Colossians 2:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Beware Of Requirements Invented By Humans
20 If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders 21 Which say there may be no touching, tasting, or taking in your hands, 22 (Rules which are all to come to an end with their use) after the orders and teaching of men?
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Cross References
1 Timothy 4:3
Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.
Genesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.
Isaiah 52:11
Away! away! go out from there, touching no unclean thing; go out from among her; be clean, you who take up the vessels of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 6:17
For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,