60 Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”
61 Grk “man, taking out.” The Greek word can refer to withdrawing money from a bank (L&N 57.218), and in this context of financial accountability that is the most probable meaning. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “you” as subject and translating the participle αἴρεις (aireis) as a finite verb.
62 The Greek verb τίθημι (tithēmi) can be used of depositing money with a banker to earn interest (L&N 57.217). In effect the slave charges that the master takes what he has not earned.

In other versions

for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’

I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’

because I was afraid of you since you’re a harsh man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’

I was afraid because you are a hard man to deal with, taking what isn’t yours and harvesting crops you didn’t plant.’

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man—you withdraw what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow!’

For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

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