Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
"Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!"
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,
Bible in Basic English
Which say there may be no touching, tasting, or taking in your hands,
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
Images Colossians 2:21
Prayers for Colossians 2:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Beware Of Requirements Invented By Humans
20 If with Christ you died to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you still belonged to it, do you submit to regulations such as, 21 "Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!" 22 (referring to things which are all destined perish with use), according to human commandments and teachings?
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Cross References
1 Timothy 4:3
who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
2 Corinthians 6:17
Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.