And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Parallel translations
- WEB and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
- KJV And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- NKJV and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- NASB and they will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- NLT And the angels will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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The wicked are cast into the furnace of fire, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. Final judgment involves real and grievous loss for the unrepentant.
Overview
Jesus pictures the destiny of the wicked as a fiery furnace marked by weeping and gnashing of teeth, vivid imagery for the anguish of judgment. While faithful Christians have understood the precise nature of these images variously, all affirm a genuine and dreadful separation from God. The warning is meant to stir sober reflection and turn hearers to Christ for refuge.
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- Matt 13:50and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Luke 16:23–24In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
- Rev 20:14–15Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
- Rev 20:10And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
- Matt 8:12But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
- Rev 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
- Ps 21:9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
- Mark 9:43–49If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
- Rev 14:10he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
- Dan 3:6And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”
- Matt 22:13Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
- Matt 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- Dan 3:15–17Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
- Rev 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
- Dan 3:21–22So they were tied up, wearing robes, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and they were thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.
- Luke 13:28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.
- Matt 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Rev 9:2The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
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