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.


In Context

3 and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies,

4 then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord . Do not bring sin upon the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

5 If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.

6 Do 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.

7 If a man is caught kidnapping one of his brother Israelites and treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you.

8 In cases of leprous diseases be very careful to do exactly as the priests, who are Levites, instruct you. You must follow carefully what I have commanded them.

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 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.

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.