King James Version

Luke 3:17

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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “to scour” (διακαθᾶραι) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “to gather” (συναγαγεῖν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “will clear” (διακαθαριεῖ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and will gather” (καὶ συναξεῖ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

οὗhouWhoseὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Whose”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.Whoseτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πτύονptuonfanπτύονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “fan”, the subject formG4425a simple wooden pitchfork; a winnowing-shovel or fan.fanἐνenis inἐνpreposition — “is in”G1722in, on, among.is inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.χειρὶcheirihandχείρ (cheir)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “hand”, the to- or for-formG5495a hand.handαὐτοῦautouhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.hisδιακαθᾶραιdiakatharaito scourδιακαθαίρω (diakathairō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to scour”, a single actionG6016to scourτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἅλωναhalōnafloorἅλων (halōn)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “floor”, the object formG257a threshing-floor.floorαὐτοῦautouhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.hisκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.συναγαγεῖνsunagageinto assembleσυνάγω (sunagō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to assemble”, a single actionG4863I gather together, collect, assemble, receive with hospitality, entertain.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σῖτονsitongrainσῖτος (sitos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “grain”, the object formG4621wheat, grain.This verse uses “grain”.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀποθήκηνapothēkēngarnerἀποθήκη (apothēkē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “garner”, the object formG596a repository, granary, barn, storehouse.garnerαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.butἄχυρονachuronchaffἄχυρονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “chaff”, the object formG892chaff.the chaffκατακαύσειkatakauseihe will burnκατακαίω (katakaiō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he will burn”, an action still aheadG2618I burn up, consume entirely.he will burnπυρὶpuriwith fireπῦρ (pur)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “with fire”, the to- or for-formG4442fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire.This verse uses “fire”.with fireἀσβέστῳasbestōunquenchableἄσβεστος (asbestos)adjective, dative, singular, neuter — “unquenchable”, the to- or for-formG762inextinguishable, unquenchable.This verse uses “unquenchable”.unquenchable

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

διακαθαριεῖdiakatharieito he will throughly purgeδιακαθαρίζω (diakatharizō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to he will throughly purge”, a single actionG1245I cleanse thoroughly.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.συναξεῖsunaxeito will gatherσυνάγω (sunagō)verb, second aorist active infinitive — “to will gather”, a single actionG4863I gather together, collect, assemble, receive with hospitality, entertain.

Literal (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.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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.'

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.”

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.

Douay-Rheims

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

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

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