Commentary for Bava Metzia 223:2
דבר אחר ואליו הוא נושא את נפשו כל הכובש שכר שכיר כאילו נוטל נפשו ממנו רב הונא ורב חסדא חד אמר נפשו של גזלן וחד אמר נפשו של נגזל
his soul [i.e., life] upon it: why did this man [the labourer] ascend the ladder, suspend himself from the tree, and risk death itself; was it not that you should pay him his wages?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that for withholding it one is punished as for taking life. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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