Grain is crushed for bread, but one does not thresh it forever; one drives the cart wheel and horses over it, but does not pulverize it.
Luke 22:31 - New Revised Standard Version “Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Simon, Simon (Peter), listen! Satan has asked excessively that [all of] you be given up to him [out of the power and keeping of God], that he might sift [all of] you like grain, [Job 1:6-12; Amos 9:9.] American Standard Version (1901) Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat: Common English Bible “Simon, Simon, look! Satan has asserted the right to sift you all like wheat. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord said: "Simon, Simon! Behold, Satan has asked for you, so that he may sift you like wheat. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: |
Grain is crushed for bread, but one does not thresh it forever; one drives the cart wheel and horses over it, but does not pulverize it.
For lo, I will command, and shake the house of Israel among all the nations as one shakes with a sieve, but no pebble shall fall to the ground.
Then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’ ”
But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things;
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
you are to hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
And we do this so that we may not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, proclaiming, “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Messiah, for the accuser of our comrades has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.