1 Enoch 25:4
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
And as for this fragrant tree no mortal is permitted to touch it till the great judgement, when He shall take vengeance on all and bring (everything) to its consummation for ever. It shall then be given to the righteous and holy.
This verse’s chapter, studied
The Tree No Hand May Touch
Michael explains that the throne-mountain is where the Holy Great One, the Lord of Glory, the Eternal King, will sit when he comes to visit the earth in goodness. The fragrant tree is reserved, no one may touch it until the great judgment, and will then be moved to the temple, its fruit given to the righteous, who will live long, joyful lives free of sorrow.
- Revelation 22:2 : echoes the tree of life yielding fruit for the healing of the nations
- Revelation 2:7 : echoes the promise 'to eat of the tree of life' given to the one who overcomes
- Isaiah 65:17 : stands beside the new heavens and new earth where weeping is heard no more
- Genesis 3:22 : stands beside the tree of life guarded and withheld after the fall
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.