King James Version

Matthew 3:12

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

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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.hisκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδιακαθαριεῖdiakatharieito clear outδιακαθαρίζω (diakatharizō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to clear out”, an action still aheadG1245I cleanse thoroughly.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἅλωναhalōnathreshing-floorἅλων (halōn)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “threshing-floor”, the object formG257a threshing-floor.αὐτοῦautouhisαὐτός (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”.συνάξειsunaxeito assembleσυνάγω (sunagō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to assemble”, an action still aheadG4863I gather together, collect, assemble, receive with hospitality, entertain.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σῖτονsitonwheatσῖτος (sitos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “wheat”, the object formG4621wheat, grain.This verse uses “wheat”.wheatαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.εἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (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.the garnerτὸtotheὁ (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 chaffκατακαύσειkatakauseito burnκατακαίω (katakaiō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to burn”, an action still aheadG2618I burn up, consume entirely.πυρὶpurifireπῦρ (pur)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “fire”, the to- or for-formG4442fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire.This verse uses “fire”.fireἀσβέστῳasbestōunquenchableἄσβεστος (asbestos)adjective, dative, singular, neuter — “unquenchable”, the to- or for-formG762inextinguishable, unquenchable.This verse uses “unquenchable”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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