Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in 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.
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.
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.
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 newly taken a wife, he shall not go out with the army, neither shall any kind of business be imposed upon him; he shall be free for his house one year, and shall gladden his wife whom he hath taken. 6 No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge. 7 If a man be found who hath stolen one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and who hath treated him as a slave and sold him, that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:19
When thou shalt besiege a city many days, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by lifting up an axe against them; for thou canst eat of them; and thou shalt not cut them down, for is the tree of the field a man that it should be besieged?
Genesis 44:30
And now, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us, seeing that his life is bound up with his life,
Exodus 22:26-27
If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge, thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down;
Luke 12:15
And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.
Revelation 18:22
and voice of harp-singers and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters shall not be heard any more at all in thee, and no artificer of any art shall be found any more at all in thee, and voice of millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee,