DEU 24:6 Parallel View

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ULT He shall not impound a mill or an upper millstone, for it is a life for a pledge.

UST Anyone who lends money to someone else is allowed to require that person to give him something to guarantee that he will pay back the money that he borrowed, but he must not take from him his millstone because that would be taking from the other person the millstone that his family needs to make flour for baking bread to stay alive.

BSB § 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.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEB No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge.

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

LSV No one takes millstones and rider in pledge, for it [is one’s] life he is taking in pledge.

FBV Don't accept a pair of millstones, or even just an upper millstone, as security for a debt, because that would put the borrower's life in danger.[fn]

24:6 For without the mill the family would not be able to grind grain to make bread.

T4T “Anyone who lends money to someone else is allowed to require that person to give him something to guarantee that he will pay back the money that he borrowed. But he must not take from him his ◄millstone/stone for grinding grain►. That would be taking the millstone that his family needs to grind the grain to make the bread they need to stay alive.

LEB “A person[fn] shall not take[fn] a pair of millstones or an upper millstone, forhe is taking necessities of life as a pledge.[fn]

?:? Hebrew “he”

?:? Or “require”

?:? Literally “for a life he is taking as a 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.

MOF No MOF DEU book available

JPS No man shall take the mill 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.

DRA Thou shalt not take the nether, nor the upper millstone to pledge: for he hath pledged his life to thee.

YLT 'None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it [is] he is taking in pledge.

DBY No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.

RV 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.

KJB ¶ No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
(¶ No man shall take the neither or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge. )

BB No man shall take the neather or the vpper mylstone to pledge: for then he shall hurt a mans life.
(No man shall take the neather or the upper millstone to pledge: for then he shall hurt a mans life.)

GNV No man shall take the nether nor the vpper milstone to pledge: for this gage is his liuing.
(No man shall take the neither nor the upper millstone to pledge: for this gage is his living. )

CB Thou shalt no take ye nethermost and vppermost mylstone to pledge, for he hat set ye his lyuynge to pledge.
(Thou shalt no take ye/you_all neithermost and uppermost millstone to pledge, for he hat set ye/you_all his living to pledge.)

WYC Thou schalt not take in the stide of wed the lowere and the hiyere queerne stoon of thi brothir, for he puttide his lijf to thee.
(Thou shalt not take in the stide of wed the lowere and the hiyere queerne stone of thy/your brothir, for he puttide his life to thee.)

LUT Du sollst nicht zu Pfande nehmen den untersten und obersten Mühlstein; denn er hat dir die SeeLE zu Pfand gesetzt.
(You should not to Pfande take the untersten and obersten Mühlstein; because he has you the SeeLE to Pfand gesetzt.)

CLV Non accipies loco pignoris inferiorem, et superiorem molam: quia animam suam opposuit tibi.
(Non accipies instead pignoris inferiorem, and superiorem molam: because animam his_own opposuit tibi. )

BRN Thou shalt not take for a pledge the under millstone, nor the upper millstone; for [fn]he who does so takes life for a pledge.

24:6 Gr. this man.

BrLXX Οὐκ ἐνεχυράσεις μύλον, οὐδὲ ἐπιμύλιον, ὅτι ψυχὴν οὗτος ἐνεχυράζει.
(Ouk eneⱪuraseis mulon, oude epimulion, hoti psuⱪaʸn houtos eneⱪurazei. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) mill

(Some words not found in UHB: not take_~_inpledge grinding_stones and,upper_millstone that/for/because/then/when creature he/it taking_~_inpledge )

a tool for making flour by grinding grain in between two heavy discs of stone

(Occurrence 0) upper millstone

(Some words not found in UHB: not take_~_inpledge grinding_stones and,upper_millstone that/for/because/then/when creature he/it taking_~_inpledge )

the top disc of stone in a mill

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) for that would be taking a person’s life as a pledge

(Some words not found in UHB: not take_~_inpledge grinding_stones and,upper_millstone that/for/because/then/when creature he/it taking_~_inpledge )

The word “life” is a metonym for what a person needs to keep himself alive. Alternate translation: “because he would be taking from the man what the man needs to make food for his family”

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