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


In Context

3 And he also hateth her, and hath given her a bill of divorce, and hath sent her out of his house or is dead:

4 The former husband cannot take her again to wife: because she is defiled, and is become abominable before the Lord: lest thou cause thy land to sin, which the Lord thy God shall give thee to possess.

5 When a man hath lately taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any public business be enjoined him, but he shall be free at home without fault, that for one year he may rejoice with his wife.

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

7 If ally man be found soliciting his brother of the children of Israel, and selling him shall take a price, he shall be put to death, and thou shalt take away the evil from the midst of thee.

8 Observe diligently that thou incur not the stroke of the leprosy, but thou shalt do whatsoever the priests of the Levitical race shall teach thee, according to what I have commanded them, and fulfil thou it carefully.

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 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.

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.