King James Version

Deuteronomy 24:6

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

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לֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יַחֲבֹ֥לyachavoldestroyחָבַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH2254to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)[idiom] at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, [idiom] very, withhold.רֵחַ֖יִםrechayimmillרֵחֶהnoun, common, masculine, dual, absolute — “mill”, the ordinary formH7347a mill-stonemill (stone).וָרָ֑כֶבvarakhevand millstoneרֶכֶבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and millstone”, the ordinary formH7393a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstonechariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.כִּיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…נֶ֖פֶשׁnefeshcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “creature”, the ordinary formH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…ה֥וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.חֹבֵֽלchoveldestroyחָבַלverb, qal, participle, absolute — “destroy”, a verb used as a describing wordH2254to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)[idiom] at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, [idiom] very, withhold.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐκ ἐνεχυράσεις μύλον, οὐδὲ ἐπιμύλιον, ὅτι ψυχὴν οὗτος ἐνεχυράζει.