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Deuteronomy 24:6

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

KJV

Non accipies loco pignoris inferiorem, et superiorem molam : quia animam suam opposuit tibi.

Vulgate

Οὐκ ἐνεχυράσεις μύλον οὐδὲ ἐπιμύλιον, ὅτι ψυχὴν οὗτος ἐνεχυράζει.

LXX

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

ASV

לֹא יַחֲבֹ֥ל רֵחַ֖יִם וָ/רָ֑כֶב כִּי נֶ֖פֶשׁ ה֥וּא חֹבֵֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
verb · 27×
י
y
noun · 752×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
רֵחַ֖יִם
rchym
noun · 5×
רֶ֔כֶב
rkb
noun · 119×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 20:19 — When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt no
  • Exod 22:26 — If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
  • Job 22:6 — For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
  • Job 24:3 — They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
  • Luke 12:15 — And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
  • Mark 12:44 — For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.