Tag: Book of Enoch

From-The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament R.H. Charles Oxford: The Clarendon Press The Book of Enoch is an ancient Jewish text that is considered as an apocryphal work by the majority of Christians and is not found in the canon of the Old Testament. It is attributed to Enoch, the gr...

[Chapter 100] 1 And in those days in one place the fathers together with their sons shall be smittenAnd brothers one with another shall fall in deathTill the streams flow with their blood. 2 For a man shall not withhold his hand from slaying his sons and his sons' sons,And the sinner shall not withh...

[Chapter 56] 1 And I saw there the hosts of the angels of punishment going, and they held scourges and chains 2 of iron and bronze. And I asked the angel of peace who went with me, saying: ' To whom are 3 these who hold the scourges going ? ' And he said unto me: ' To their elect and beloved ones, t...

[Chapter 101] 1 Observe the heaven, ye children of heaven, and every work of the Most High, and fear ye Him 2 and work no evil in His presence. If He closes the windows of heaven, and withholds the rain and 3 the dew from descending on the earth on your account, what will ye do then? And if He sends...

[Chapter 95] 1 Oh that mine eyes were [a cloud of] waters] That I might weep over you,And pour down my tears as a cloud of waters:That so I might rest from my trouble of heart! 2 who has permitted you to practice reproaches and wickedness ?And so judgement shall overtake you, sinners. 3 Fear not the...

Section IV. Chapters LXXXIII-XC.The Dream-Visions. [Chapter 83] 1 And now, my son Methuselah, I will show thee all my visions which I have seen, recounting 2 them before thee. Two visions I saw before I took a wife, and the one was quite unlike the other: the first when I was learning to write: the ...

[Chapter 99] 1 Woe to you who work godlessness,And glory in lying and extol them:Ye shall perish, and no happy life shall be yours. 2 Woe to them who pervert the words of uprightness,And transgress the eternal law,And transform themselves into what they were not [into sinners]:They shall be trodden ...

[Chapter 5] 1 Observe ye how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit: wherefore give ye heed and know with regard to all His works, and recognize how He that liveth for ever hath made them so. 2 And all His works go on thus from year to year for ever, and all the tasks which they...

[Chapter 24] 1 And from thence I went to another place of the earth, and he showed me a mountain range of 2 fire which burnt day and night. And I went beyond it and saw seven magnificent mountains all differing each from the other, and the stones (thereof) were magnificent and beautiful, magnificent...

Section II. Chapters XXXVII-LXXIThe Parables [Chapter 37] 1 The second vision which he saw, the vision of wisdom -which Enoch the son of Jared, the son 2 of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, saw. And this is the beginning of the words of wisdom which I ...

[Chapter 47] 1 And in those days shall have ascended the prayer of the righteous,And the blood of the righteous from the earth before the Lord of Spirits. 2 In those days the holy ones who dwell above in the heavensShall unite with one voiceAnd supplicate and pray [and praise,And give thanks and ble...

Chapter CVII. 1. And I saw written on them that generation upon generation shall transgress, till a generation of righteousness arises, and transgression is destroyed and sin passes away from the earth, and all manner of good comes upon it. 2. And now, my son, go and make known to thy son Lamech tha...