• Matthew 3:12
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 12 οὗ whose τὸ the πτύον winnowing shovel ἐν in τῇ the χειρὶ hand αὐτοῦ, of him, καὶ and διακαθαριεῖ he will completely clean up τὴν the ἅλωνα threshing floor αὐτοῦ, of him, καὶ and συνάξει will gather τὸν the σῖτον wheat αὐτοῦ of him εἰς into τὴν the ἀποθήκην, storehouse, τὸ the δὲ but ἄχυρον chaff κατακαύσει he will burn up πυρὶ to fire ἀσβέστῳ. inextinguishable.

  • Matthew 3:12
    American Standard Version

    • 12 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.

  • Matthew 3:12
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will clear out his threshing-floor,—and will gather his wheat into the granary, but the chaff will he burn up with fire unquenchable.

  • Matthew 3:12
    King James Version

    • 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.

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 3:12

      winnowing shovel: Probably made of wood and used for tossing threshed grain into the air so that the wind would blow the straw and chaff away.

      chaff: The thin protective covering or husk on the kernels of cereal grains, such as barley and wheat. The chaff was often gathered and burned to prevent it from blowing into the piles of grain and contaminating them. John uses the winnowing process to illustrate how the Messiah would separate symbolic wheat from chaff.

      fire that cannot be put out: Indicates that the complete end of the Jewish system of things was due.