1 Enoch 41
Outside the Protestant canon. Scripture for: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo. How each church treats it →
Tap a verse number for every translation, the original words, and cross-references. ※ links to differences in wording between editions.
1And after that I saw all the secrets of the heavens, and how the kingdom is divided, and how the actions of men are weighed in the balance.What kingdom can this be? Is it the Messianic Kingdom, or the kingdom of this world, or a division (into seven parts) of heaven? 2And there I saw the mansions of the elect and the mansions of the holy, and mine eyes saw there all the sinners being driven from thence which deny the name of the Lord of Spirits, and being dragged off: and they could not abide because of the punishment which proceeds from the Lord of Spirits. XLI. 3-9. Astronomical Secrets. 3And there mine eyes saw the secrets of the lightning and of the thunder, and the secrets of the winds, how they are divided to blow over the earth, and the secrets of the clouds and dew, and there I saw from whence they proceed in that place and from whence they saturate the dusty earth. 4And there I saw closed chambers out of which the winds are divided, the chamber of the hail and winds, the chamber of the mist, and of the clouds, and the cloud thereof hovers over the earth from the beginning of the world. 5And I saw the chambers of the sun and moon, whence they proceed and whither they come again, and their glorious return, and how one is superior to the other, and their stately orbit, and how they do not leave their orbit, and they add nothing to their orbit and they take nothing from it, and they keep faith with each other, in accordance with the oath by which they are bound together. 6And first the sun goes forth and traverses his path according to the commandment of the Lord of Spirits, and mighty is His name for ever and ever. 7And after that I saw the hidden and the visible path of the moon, and she accomplishes the course of her path in that place by day and by night—the one holding a position opposite to the other before the Lord of Spirits. And they give thanks and praise and rest not; For unto them is their thanksgiving rest. 8For the sun changes oft for a blessing or a curse, And the course of the path of the moon is light to the righteous And darkness to the sinners in the name of the Lord, Who made a separation between the light and the darkness, And divided the spirits of men, And strengthened the spirits of the righteous, In the name of His righteousness. 9For no angel hinders and no power is able to hinder; for He appoints a judge for them all and He judges them all before Him.The judge appointed is the Messiah. Read this verse directly after xli. 2. Cf. Acts xvii. 31.
1En-Charles: 1 Enoch, tr. R. H. Charles (APOT 1913) (1913) · Public Domain · The Book of Enoch, tr. R. H. Charles, in The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (Oxford, 1913); public domain. Digital text: CrossWire SWORD module 'Enoch' v2.0.