Luke 3:17 “His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to…”

Luke 3:17

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

World English Bible

His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

American Standard Version

whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.

Geneva Bible 1599

Whose fanne is in his hande, and hee will make cleane his floore, and will gather the wheate into his garner, but the chaffe will hee burne vp with fire that neuer shalbe quenched.

Darby Translation

whose winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

Young's Literal Translation

whose winnowing shovel [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat to his storehouse, and the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'

Bible in Basic English

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out.

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Cross references

“fan”

Jeremiah 15:7 Matthew 3:12

Jeremiah 15:7 · BSB

I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.

Matthew 3:12 · BSB

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

“and will”

Matthew 13:30 Micah 4:12

Matthew 13:30 · BSB

Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

Micah 4:12 · BSB

But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

“but”

Psalm 1:4 Mark 9:43–49 Psalm 21:9 Psalm 21:10

Psalm 1:4 · BSB

Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

Mark 9:43–49 · BSB

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

Psalm 21:9 · BSB

You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

Psalm 21:10 · BSB

You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.

Also

Isaiah 30:24

Isaiah 30:24 · BSB

The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

18With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.

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