Parallel Verses New International Version His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire." King James Bible 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. Darby Bible 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. 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." 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.' Matthew 3:12 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleWhose fan is in his hand - The Romans are here termed God's fan, as, in Matthew 3:10, they were called his axe, and, in Matthew 22:7, they are termed his troops or armies. The winnowing fan of the Hindoos is square, made of split bamboo; and the corn is winnowed by waving the fan backwards with both hands - "Whose fan is in his hand." His floor - Does not this mean the land of Judea, which had been long, as it were, the threshing-floor of the Lord? God says, he will now, by the winnowing fan (viz. the Romans) thoroughly cleanse this floor - the wheat, those who believe in the Lord Jesus, he will gather into his garner, either take to heaven from the evil to come, or put in a place of safety, as he did the Christians, by sending them to Pella, in Coelosyria, previously to the destruction of Jerusalem. But he will burn up the chaff - the disobedient and rebellions Jews, who would not come unto Christ, that they might have life. Unquenchable fire - That cannot be extinguished by man. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge fan. Jeremiah 4:11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem... Jeremiah 51:2 And will send to Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land... he will throughly. and gather. but. Job 21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away. Psalm 1:4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Psalm 35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. Hosea 13:3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passes away... with. Library February 14. "He Shall Baptize You with Fire" (Matt. Iii. 11). "He shall baptize you with fire" (Matt. iii. 11). Fire is strangely intense and intrinsic. It goes into the very substance of things. It somehow blends with every particle of the thing it touches. There are the severe trials that come to minds more sensitive, to the minds that have more points of contact with what hurts; so that the higher the nature the higher the joy, and the greater the avenues of pain that come. And then there are deeper trials that come as we pass into the hands of God, as we … Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth The Herald of the King Conversion --Human Agency In The Present, a Dispensation of Means. Cross References Psalm 1:4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Isaiah 1:31 The mighty man will become tinder and his work a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the fire." Isaiah 27:4 I am not angry. If only there were briers and thorns confronting me! I would march against them in battle; I would set them all on fire. Isaiah 30:24 The oxen and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder and mash, spread out with fork and shovel. Isaiah 41:16 You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up, and a gale will blow them away. But you will rejoice in the LORD and glory in the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 66:24 "And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind." Jeremiah 7:20 "'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place--on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the crops of your land--and it will burn and not be quenched. 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