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


In Context

3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;

4 her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Jehovah: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

5 When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.

6 No man shall take the mill 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 he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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