Context Sundry Laws6No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge. 7If a man is caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him violently or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you. 8Be careful against an infection of leprosy, that you diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you; as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do. 9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt. 10When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge. 11You shall remain outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. 12If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. 13When the sun goes down you shall surely return the pledge to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before the LORD your God. 14You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns. 15You shall give him his wages on his day before the sun sets, for he is poor and sets his heart on it; so that he will not cry against you to the LORD and it become sin in you. 16Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin. 17You shall not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan, nor take a widows garment in pledge. 18But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing. 19When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow. 21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not go over it again; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow. 22You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionNo man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge. Douay-Rheims Bible Thou shalt not take the nether, nor the upper millstone to pledge: for he hath pledged his life to thee. Darby Bible Translation No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge. English Revised Version No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. Webster's Bible Translation No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone for a pledge: for he taketh a man's life for a pledge. World English Bible No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes [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. Library The vineyard Labourers. "For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market-place, and said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. … William Arnot—The Parables of Our Lord But I Marvel, If, as it is Allowed to Put Away a Wife Who... Annunciation to Joseph of the Birth of Jesus. On the Journey to Jerusalem - Departure from Ephraim by Way of Samaria and Galilee - Healing of Ten Lepers - Prophetic Discourse of the Coming The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire Deuteronomy Links Deuteronomy 24:6 NIV • Deuteronomy 24:6 NLT • Deuteronomy 24:6 ESV • Deuteronomy 24:6 NASB • Deuteronomy 24:6 KJV • Deuteronomy 24:6 Bible Apps • Deuteronomy 24:6 Parallel • Bible Hub |