Deuteronomy 24:6
“¶ No man shall take the nether or the vpper milstone to pledge: for hee taketh a mans life to pledge.”
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Deuteronomy 24:6 Context
4Her former husband which sent her away, may not take her againe to be his wife, after that she is defiled: for that is abomination before the Lord, and thou shalt not cause the land to sinne, which the Lord thy God giueth thee for an inheritance. 5¶ When a man hath taken a new wife, he shal not goe out to warre, neither shall hee be charged with any businesse: but hee shall be free at home one yeere, and shall cheere vp his wife which he hath taken. 6¶ No man shall take the nether or the vpper milstone to pledge: for hee taketh a mans life to pledge. 7¶ If a man bee found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandize of him, or selleth him: then that thiefe shall die, and thou shalt put euill away from among you. 8¶ Take heede, in the plague of leprosie, that thou obserue diligently, and doe according to all that the Priests the Leuites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall obserue to doe.
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Other Translations for Deuteronomy 24:6
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh [a man's] life to pledge.
- King James Version
"No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh `a man's' life to pledge.
- American Standard Version (1901)
No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.
- Basic English Bible
No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.
- Darby Bible
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone for a pledge: for he taketh a man's life for a pledge.
- Webster's Bible
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes [a man's] life to pledge.
- World English Bible
`None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it [is] he is taking in pledge.
- Youngs Literal Bible
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Deuteronomy 24:6
24:6 Mill - stone - Used in their hand - mills. Under this, he understands all other things necessary to get a livelihood, the taking away whereof is against the laws both of charity and prudence, seeing by those things alone he can be enabled both to subsist and to pay his debts. Life - His livelihood, the necessary support of his life.