Genesis 3:3 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

More versions

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

³ but not the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden. God said, ‘Don’t eat from it, and don’t touch it, or you will die.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Yet truly, from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of Paradise, God has instructed us that we should not eat, and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we may die."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die.

English Standard Version 2016

³ but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

Genesis 3:3 Cross References

Genesis 20:6

And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

Genesis 3:2

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

Genesis 3:4

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

1 Chronicles 16:22

Saying, Touch not mine anointed, And do my prophets no harm.

Job 1:11

But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Job 19:21

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.

Job 2:5

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2 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,

Colossians 2:21

(touch not; taste not; handle not;