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


In Context

3 And if the latter husband shall 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 shall 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 the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

5 When a man hath newly taken a 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 his wife which he hath taken.

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

7 If a man shall be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and shall make merchandise of him, or sell him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt remove evil from among you.

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 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 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.