Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
No man shall take in pledge a handmill, or an upper millstone, - for he 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.
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.
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 taketh a new wife, he shall not go forth to war, neither shall he be charged with any business, - free, shall he be for his own house one year, and shall rejoice with his wife whom he hath taken. 6 No man shall take in pledge a handmill, or an upper millstone, - for he would be taking life, in pledge. 7 When a man is found stealing any person from among his brethren of the sons of Israel, and making merchandise of him, or selling hint, then shall that thief die, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:19
When thou shalt besiege a city for many days to fight against it, to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding against them an axe, when of them, thou mightest eat, them, there-fore shalt thou not cut down, - for, Is the tree of the field, a man, that it should enter, because of thee into the siege?
Genesis 44:30
Now, therefore, as surely as I go in unto thy servant my father, and, the lad, is not with us, - seeing that his soul is bound up with the lads soul,
Exodus 22:26-27
If thou, do take in pledge, the mantle of thy neighbour, by the going in of the sun, shalt thou restore it to him;
Luke 12:15
And he said unto them - Mind and be guarding yourselves from all covetousness; for not, in one's abundance, doth his life spring out of his possessions.
Revelation 18:22
And sound of harp-singers, and musicians, and flute-players, and trumpeters, - in nowise be heard in thee any more; and any artisan of any art, - in nowise be found in thee any more; and sound of millstone, - in nowise be found in thee any more;