Bible Read Colossians 2

Colossians 2:21

World English Bible (WEB)

“Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”

In context

19 and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.

20 If you died with Christ from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

21 “Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”

22 (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

23 These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, humility, and severity to the body, but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

Read the whole of Colossians 2

Colossians 2:21 in every translation

WEB World English Bible
“Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”
KJV King James Version
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
ASV American Standard Version
Handle not, nor taste, nor touch
YLT Young's Literal Translation
— thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle —
DBY Darby Translation
Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,
WBS Webster Bible
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;