Deuteronomy 24:6 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
`None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it [is] he is taking in pledge.
English ASV
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a mans life to pledge.
English Amplified
No man shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
No man shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
“Do not take a pair of grindstones or even the upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.
English EASY 2024
When you lend money to people, you may take something from them as a guarantee. But do not take the stones that they use to make grain into flour. Do not take either of the stones. People need both those stones to make food to stay alive. So do not take away their life.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
"When you lend someone something, you must not take as security any part of the stones used to grind flour. That would be the same as taking away their food.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
"No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
“When you lend someone something, you are not to take as security his millstones used for grinding his grain. This would take away the family's means of preparing food to stay alive.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Never let a family's handmill for grinding flour—or even part of a handmill—be taken to guarantee a loan. The family wouldn't be able to prepare food in order to stay alive.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
"Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
English KJV 1611
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
English LSB
“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
No man shall take a lower or upper millstone as a pledge, for he would be taking a man’s life as a pledge.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
"No one shall take a hand mill or even its upper stone as a pledge for debt, for he would be taking the debtor's sustenance as a pledge.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Someone might borrow money from you and give you two millstones to keep until you are paid back. Don't keep them. Don't even keep the upper one. That person depends on the millstones to make a living.
English NIV
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.
English NKJ 1982
“No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one’s living in pledge.
English NLT
"It is wrong to take a pair of millstones, or even just the upper millstone, as a pledge, for the owner uses it to make a living.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
“No man shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge; for he would be taking a life in pledge.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
“It is illegal to take a millstone as a pledge, for it is a tool by which its owner gains his livelihood.
English Tyndale 1537
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge, for then he taketh a man's life to pledge.