Parallel Verses
King James Version
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
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.
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.
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.
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 hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. 6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. 7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:19
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
Genesis 44:30
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
Exodus 22:26-27
If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
Luke 12:15
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Revelation 18:22
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;