Luke 3:17

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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 (BSB)

whose 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.”

World English Bible (WEB)

Whose{G3739} fan{G4425} is in{G1722} his{G846} hand{G5495}, and{G2532} he will throughly purge{G1245}{(G5692)} his{G846} floor{G257}, and{G2532} will gather{G4863}{(G5692)} the wheat{G4621} into{G1519} his{G846} garner{G596}; but{G1161} the chaff{G892} he will burn{G2618}{(G5692)} with fire{G4442} unquenchable{G762}.

Strong's King James

(17) whose winnowing shovel is in His hand to clean out His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn. But He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."

The F.O.G

He will separate the genuine from the fake, like a farmer separating the wheat from the chaff with a winnowing fork. The valuable grain He'll gather into His barn, but the worthless chaff He'll burn with unquenchable fire."

The F.O.G Paraphrase

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.’

Young's Literal Translation

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Luke 3:17

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Luke 3:17