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


In Context

18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions.

19 He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.

20 Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules:

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

22 These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self- imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

Colossians 2:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 American King James Version 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 —