1 Enoch 24:5
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
Then I said: ‘How beautiful is this tree, and fragrant, and its leaves are fair, and its blooms very delightful in appearance.’
This verse’s chapter, studied
The Mountain Like a Throne
Enoch sees a burning mountain range, then seven glorious mountains arranged around a seventh, central peak shaped like a throne's seat, ringed by fragrant trees. Among those trees is one unlike any other, its fruit like the dates of a palm and its fragrance beyond every other fragrance.
- Genesis 2:9 : stands beside the tree of life in the midst of the garden
- Revelation 22:2 : echoes forward to the tree of life and its leaves for the healing of the nations
- Daniel 7:9 : stands beside the throne set for the Ancient of Days
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.