Deuteronomy 24:6,17 - Compare All Versions

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Do not take a pair of millstones—not even the upper one—as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person’s livelihood as security.

Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

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

“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow’s garment in pledge

“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.

“True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow’s garment as security for her debt.

“Do not take a pair of grindstones or even the upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.

Do not deny justice to a resident alien or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge

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

“You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.

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

Make sure foreigners and orphans get their just rights. Don’t take the cloak of a widow as security for a loan. Don’t ever forget that you were once slaves in Egypt and GOD, your God, got you out of there. I command you: Do what I’m telling you.

“No one shall seize a handmill or an upper millstone as a pledge for a loan, since he would be seizing the debtor’s means of life as a pledge.

“You shall not pervert the justice due a stranger or an orphan, nor seize a widow’s garment as a pledge.

“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone [used to grind grain into bread] as security [for a debt], for he would be taking a [person’s] life in pledge.

“You shall not pervert the justice due a stranger or an orphan, nor seize (impound) a widow’s garment as security [for a loan].

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

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.