Colossians 2:21
19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(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 shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
- KJV
- (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
- WEB
- “Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”
- ASV
- Handle not, nor taste, nor touch
- DARBY
- Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,
- BLB
- “You should not handle! You should not taste! You should not touch!”—
- ÅB
- Ta ikke! smak ikke! rør ikke!
- OTB
- "Du må ikke håndtere, du må ikke smake, du må ikke berøre!"?
- B1930
- Ta ikke! smak ikke! rør ikke!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 4:3
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Read in contextIsaiah 52:11
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
Read in contextGenesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:17
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
Read in context