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Colossians 2:21–22

21 w“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 (xreferring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to yhuman precepts and teachings?

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Colossians 2:21–22 — The New International Version (NIV)

21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.

Colossians 2:21–22 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not; 22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

Colossians 2:21–22 — New Living Translation (NLT)

21 “Don’t handle! Don’t taste! Don’t touch!”? 22 Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them.

Colossians 2:21–22 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

21 “Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” 22 which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines of men?

Colossians 2:21–22 — New Century Version (NCV)

21 “Don’t handle this,” “Don’t taste that,” “Don’t even touch that thing”? 22 These rules refer to earthly things that are gone as soon as they are used. They are only human commands and teachings.

Colossians 2:21–22 — American Standard Version (ASV)

21 Handle not, nor taste, nor touch 22 (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?

Colossians 2:21–22 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

21 Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch, 22 (things which are all for destruction in the using of them:) according to the injunctions and teachings of men,

Colossians 2:21–22 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

21 People will tell you, “Don’t handle this! Don’t taste or touch that!” 22 All of these things deal with objects that are only used up anyway.

Colossians 2:21–22 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

21 “Don’t handle, don’t taste, don’t touch”? 22 All these regulations refer to what is destroyed by being used up; they are commands and doctrines of men.

Colossians 2:21–22 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

21 “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch”? 22 All these regulations refer to things that perish with use; they are simply human commands and teachings.

Colossians 2:21–22 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,” 22 which things are all meant for destruction by consuming according to human commandments and teachings,

Colossians 2:21–22 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!” 22 Rules like that are all going to die out as time goes by. They are only based on human rules and teachings.

Colossians 2:21–22 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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

22 (which all refer to things destined to perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men?


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