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 <02254> (0) the nether <07347> or the upper millstone <07393> to pledge <02254> (8799)_: for he taketh <02254> (0) [a man's] life <05315> to pledge <02254> (8802)_. |
NASB © |
"No <3808> one shall take <2254> a handmill <7347> or an upper <7393> millstone <7393> in pledge <2254> , for he would be taking <2254> a life <5315> in pledge .<2254> |
LXXM | ouk <3364> ADV enecuraseiv {V-FAI-2S} mulon <3458> N-ASM oude <3761> CONJ epimulion {A-ASM} oti <3754> CONJ quchn <5590> N-ASF outov enecurazei {V-PAI-3S}<3778> D-NSM |
NET [draft] ITL | One must not <03808> take <02254> either lower <07347> or upper <07393> millstones <07393> <07347> as security <02254> on a loan, for that <03588> is like taking <02254> a life <05315> itself <01931> as security .<02254> |
HEBREW | o lbx <02254> awh <01931> spn <05315> yk <03588> bkrw <07393> Myxr <07347> lbxy <02254> al (24:6) <03808> |
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. |