6No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he takes a man's life to pledge.


In Context

3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce, and gives it in her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.

5 When a man has 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 has taken.

6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he takes a man's life to pledge.

7 If a man be found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and makes merchandise of him, or sells him; then that thief shall die; and you shall put evil away from among you.

8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so you shall observe to do.

Deuteronomy 24:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:6No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh [a man’s] life to pledge.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:6Do not take a pair of millstones-not even the upper one-as security for a debt, because that would be taking a man's livelihood as security.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:6Thou shalt not take the nether, nor the upper millstone to pledge: for he hath pledged his life to thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:6No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:6No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:6No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:6No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone for a pledge: for he taketh a man's life for a pledge.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:6No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes [a man's] life to pledge.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:6None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it is he is taking in pledge.