Ancient Judaism · Apocalyptic literature
1 Enoch
Peace and judgment · selected lines
Selected opening lines of 1 Enoch 1.8 only. This is not a complete chapter or book.
Three lines from a longer verse. The surrounding chapter combines the promise of peace with fear and judgment; this extract should be read in that setting. Line breaks have been replaced by spaces.
But with the righteous He will make peace, And will protect the elect, And mercy shall be upon them.
Edition & source
Selected opening lines of 1 Enoch 1.8 only. This is not a complete chapter or book.
- Edition
- The Book of Enoch
- Translation
- R. H. Charles (1855–1931)
- Published
- 1917 translation edition; digitised from a 1962 reprint
- Reading language
- English
- Original language
- Preserved complete in Geʿez; older Aramaic and Greek witnesses
- Text & usage
- Historical translation; Project Gutenberg identifies this transcription as public domain in the USA.
Only three lines from Charles’s historical translation are reproduced. The volume’s introduction and later editorial material are not reproduced. A reprint date does not by itself establish a new translation.
A collection of visions, judgments and journeys attributed to Enoch. Its world of angels and cosmic justice offers a different setting from the Buddhist, Upanishadic and Stoic passages in this small collection.