1 Enoch 20:6
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
Saraqâêl, one of the holy angels, who is set over the spirits, who sin in the spirit.
This verse’s chapter, studied
The Seven Who Watch
Enoch lists seven holy angels and the office each one holds: Uriel over the world and Tartarus, Raphael over the spirits of men, Raguel who avenges wrongs against the heavenly lights, Michael over the greater part of mankind, Saraqael over spirits that sin, Gabriel over Paradise and the serpents and the Cherubim, and Remiel over those who rise.
- Daniel 10:13 : stands beside Michael named as 'one of the chief princes'
- Daniel 9:21 : stands beside Gabriel sent to Daniel with understanding
- Luke 1:19 : stands beside Gabriel identifying himself as one 'that stand in the presence of God'
- Jude 1:9 : stands beside Michael named 'the archangel'
Teachers on this ground
R. H. Charles
The Book of Enoch (1917)
The public-domain translation this shelf reads, with the critical introduction the field still builds on.
Johnny Enlow
The Book of Enoch: Paraphrase and Commentary (2025)
A living teacher's paraphrase of the whole book with his own running commentary, from the prophetic stream.
Michael S. Heiser
A Companion to the Book of Enoch: A Reader's Commentary, Vol. I — The Book of the Watchers (2019)
A verse-by-verse reader's commentary on chapters 1–36: the closest thing in print to a study Bible for this section.