YLT
KJV
6. No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh [a man’s] life to pledge.
ASV
6. No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a mans life to pledge.
ESV
6. "No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.
ERVEN
6. "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.
NLT
6. "It is wrong to take a set of millstones, or even just the upper millstone, as security for a loan, for the owner uses it to make a living.
WEB
6. No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes a man's life to pledge.
NET
6. One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.
NLV
6. "No one should take a man's stones that he uses to crush grain as a promise to pay what he owes, for he would be taking away a man's living.
HCSB
6. "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.
LITV
6. No one shall take in pledge the lower and upper millstone, for he is taking a man's life to pledge.
RV
6. No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh {cf15i a man-s} life to pledge.
NCV
6. If someone owes you something, do not take his two stones for grinding grain -- not even the upper one -- in place of what he owes, because this is how the person makes a living.
MKJV
6. No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone to pledge, for he takes a man's life to pledge.
AKJV
6. No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he takes a man's life to pledge.
LXXEN
6. the former husband who sent her away shall not be able to return and take her to himself for a wife, after she has been defiled; because it is an abomination before the Lord thy God, and ye shall not defile the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit.
KJV
6. No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh [a man’s] life to pledge.
AMP
6. No man shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.
KJVP
6. No H3808 NADV man shall take H2254 the nether H7347 or the upper H7393 millstone H7347 to pledge H2254 : for H3588 CONJ he H1931 PPRO-3MS taketh H2254 [ a ] [ man\'s ] life H5315 GFS to pledge H2254 .
YLT
6. `None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it [is] he is taking in pledge.
ASV
6. No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a mans life to pledge.
WEB
6. No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes a man's life to pledge.
NASB
6. "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.
ESV
6. "No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.
RV
6. No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh {cf15i a man-s} life to pledge.
RSV
6. "No man shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge; for he would be taking a life in pledge.
NKJV
6. " No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes [one's] living in pledge.
MKJV
6. No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone to pledge, for he takes a man's life to pledge.
AKJV
6. No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he takes a man's life to pledge.
NRSV
6. No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.
NIV
6. 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.
NIRV
6. 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.
NLT
6. "It is wrong to take a set of millstones, or even just the upper millstone, as security for a loan, for the owner uses it to make a living.
MSG
6. Don't seize a handmill or an upper millstone as collateral for a loan. You'd be seizing someone's very life.
GNB
6. "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.
NET
6. One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.
ERVEN
6. "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.