Colossians 2:21 ““Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?”

Colossians 2:21

“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

World English Bible

“Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”

American Standard Version

Handle not, nor taste, nor touch

Geneva Bible 1599

As, Touch not, Taste not, Handle not.

Darby Translation

Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,

Young's Literal Translation

— thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle —

Bible in Basic English

Which say there may be no touching, tasting, or taking in your hands,

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Cross references

“(Touch not; taste not; handle not;”

1 Timothy 4:3 Isaiah 52:11 Genesis 3:3 2 Corinthians 6:17

1 Timothy 4:3 · BSB

They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Isaiah 52:11 · BSB

Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.

Genesis 3:3 · BSB

but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”

2 Corinthians 6:17 · BSB

“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

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

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