Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Don't take a pair of millstones, especially the upper millstone, as collateral for a loan, because this means taking a man's livelihood.
New American Standard Bible
“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.
King James Version
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
Holman Bible
“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
A Conservative Version
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge, for he takes life to pledge.
American Standard Version
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
Amplified
“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone [used to grind grain into bread] as security [for a debt], for he would be taking a [person’s] life in pledge.
Bible in Basic English
No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.
Darby Translation
No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.
Julia Smith Translation
He shall not take the two mill-stones as a pledge, and the rider, for it is taking the soul as a pledge.
King James 2000
No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge: for he takes a man's living in pledge.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"A person shall not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone, for {he is taking necessities of life as a pledge}.
Modern King James verseion
No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone to pledge, for he takes a man's life to pledge.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge, for then he taketh a man's life to pledge.
NET Bible
One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.
New Heart English Bible
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes a life in pledge.
The Emphasized Bible
No man shall take in pledge a handmill, or an upper millstone, - for he would be taking life, in pledge.
Webster
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone for a pledge: for he taketh a man's life for a pledge.
World English Bible
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes [a man's] life to pledge.
Youngs Literal Translation
None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it is he is taking in pledge.
Themes
Business life » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
Business life » The credit system » Creditors, general references to
Credit system » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
Credit system » Creditors, general references to
Creditors » Prohibited from » Taking millstones in pledge
Mill » Upper and lower stones of
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Chabal
Chabal
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 24:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
5 "When a man is newly married, he must not be sent out to war or have a related duty placed on him. Let him stay home for one year and be happy with his wife whom he has married. 6 "Don't take a pair of millstones, especially the upper millstone, as collateral for a loan, because this means taking a man's livelihood. 7 "If a man is found kidnapping his relative, a fellow Israeli, and mistreats or sells him, that kidnapper must die. By doing this, you will remove this evil from among you.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:19
"When you attack a city and have to fight against it for many days, don't destroy its trees by cutting them down with an ax. You may eat from them, but you must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human beings, that you would come and attack them?
Genesis 44:30
"So when I go back to your servant, my father, and the young man isn't with us, since he's constantly living life focused on his son,
Exodus 22:26-27
If you take your neighbor's coat as collateral, you are to return it to him by sunset,
Luke 12:15
Then he told them, "Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, because a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has."
Revelation 18:22
The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard within you again. No artisan of any trade will ever be found within you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard within you again.