Deuteronomy 24:6 | |
NASB: "No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge. (NASB ©1995) GWT: 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. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. ASV: No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge. BBE: 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. DBY: No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge. JPS: No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge. WBS: No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone for a pledge: for he taketh a man's life for a pledge. WEB: No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes a man's life to pledge. YLT: 'None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it [is] he is taking in pledge. | |
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