And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
Parallel translations
- WEB Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
- BSB Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.
- NKJV Now Ornan turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves, but Ornan continued threshing wheat.
- NASB Now Ornan turned back and saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. And Ornan was threshing wheat.
- NLT Araunah, who was busy threshing wheat at the time, turned and saw the angel there. His four sons, who were with him, ran away and hid.
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Quick answer
Ornan, while threshing wheat, turned and saw the angel, and his four sons hid in fear. The verse highlights the terrifying reality of the heavenly judgment that had hung over Jerusalem.
Overview
Ornan (also called Araunah in 2 Samuel) was at his ordinary work when he glimpsed the angel of the LORD whose drawn sword had threatened the city. The fear of Ornan's sons underscores the gravity of God's holiness and judgment. That this dreadful place became the site of mercy and worship displays the gospel pattern of grace meeting sinners precisely where judgment was due.
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- Judg 6:11And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
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