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Colossians 2:21–22

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

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Don’t handle, don’t taste, don’t touch”? All these regulations refer to what is destined to perish by being used up; they are human commands and doctrines.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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