Then He [i.e., the King] will say to those at His left side, ‘Go away from me, you who are cursed [by God], into the never ending fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels.
Mark 9:48 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) For in hell the worm of those who are there will never die [i.e., their gnawing punishment will never cease] and the fire [there] will never go out. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Where their worm [which preys on the inhabitants and is a symbol of the wounds inflicted on the man himself by his sins] does not die, and the fire is not put out. [Isa. 66:24.] American Standard Version (1901) where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. Common English Bible That’s a place where worms don’t die and the fire never goes out. Catholic Public Domain Version For all shall be salted with fire, and every victim shall be salted with salt. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For every one shall be salted with fire: and every victim shall be salted with salt. |
Then He [i.e., the King] will say to those at His left side, ‘Go away from me, you who are cursed [by God], into the never ending fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels.
His winnowing shovel [Note: This was a process whereby grain was tossed into the air so that the wind could blow the husks away, leaving only good grain on the ground] is in His hand and He will completely clear off His threshing floor [by removing all of the husks]. And He will gather His wheat into the barn, but will burn up the husks with a fire that will never go out.”
For everyone will be salted with fire. [Note: This meant either the suffering “salt” of fiery trials (the sacrifices of verses 43-47) or the punishing “salt” of being thrown into a fiery hell (verse 45-48)]..
His separating shovel is in His hand and He will completely clear off His threshing floor [i.e., by removing all of the husks]. And He will gather the wheat into His barn, but will burn up the husks with a fire that will never go out.”