1 Enoch 22:6
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
Then I asked Raphael the angel who was with me, and I said unto him: ‘This spirit—whose is it, whose voice goeth forth and maketh suit?’
This verse’s chapter, studied
Four Rooms in the Land of the Dead
Enoch is shown a mountain with four smooth, hollow chambers where the spirits of the dead wait for judgment. Raphael explains that the chambers separate the righteous, who have a bright spring of water, from sinners not yet judged, from those crying out for justice, and from sinners already complete in wickedness. Among the voices Enoch hears is the spirit of Abel, still crying out against Cain.
- Genesis 4:10 : the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground: the scene Abel's cry here expands
- Hebrews 11:4 : echoes Abel, 'being dead yet speaketh'
- Revelation 6:9 : stands beside the souls under the altar crying 'how long, O Lord'
- Luke 16:19 : stands beside the rich man and Lazarus and its fixed gulf between the dead
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.