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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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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The nether or the upper millstone. —Literally, the two millstones, or even the upper one.

A man’s life.

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

No man shall take the nether. God now enforces another principle of equity in relation to loans (not to be too strict107) regar…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge ,
&c.] The first word being of the dual number takes i…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

It is of great consequence that love be maintained between husband and wife, and that they carefully avoid everything that might cause them to beco…

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