Deuteronomy 24:6

NETBible

One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security. 1 

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.

NASB ©

"No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.

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.

MSG ©

Don't seize a handmill or an upper millstone as collateral for a loan. You'd be seizing someone's very life.

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.

NRSV ©

No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.

NKJV ©

"No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one’s living in pledge.

KJV
No man shall take
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the nether
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or the upper millstone
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to pledge
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for he taketh
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[a man's] life
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to pledge
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NASB ©
"No
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one shall take
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a handmill
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or an upper
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millstone
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in pledge
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, for he would be taking
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a life
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in pledge
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.
LXXM
ouk
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ADV
enecuraseiv {V-FAI-2S} mulon
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N-ASM
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CONJ
epimulion {A-ASM} oti
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CONJ
quchn
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N-ASF
outov
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D-NSM
enecurazei {V-PAI-3S}
NET [draft] ITL
One must not
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take
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either lower
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or upper
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millstones
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as security
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on a loan, for that
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is like taking
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a life
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itself
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as security
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.
HEBREW
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bkrw
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NETBible

One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security. 1 

NET Notes

1 sn Taking millstones as security on a loan would amount to taking the owner’s own life in pledge, since the millstones were the owner’s means of earning a living and supporting his family.