21(Touch not; taste not; handle not;


In Context

18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increases with the increase of God.

20 Why if you be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances,

21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;

22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honor to the satisfying of the flesh.

Colossians 2:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:21(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:21"Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:21Handle not, nor taste, nor touch

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:21Touch not, taste not, handle not:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:21Handle not, nor taste, nor touch

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21|Don't handle, nor taste, nor touch|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21— thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle —