1 Enoch 34:1
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
And from thence I went towards the north to the ends of the earth, and there I saw a great and glorious device at the ends of the whole earth.
This verse’s chapter, studied
The Portals of the North Wind
Enoch travels north and sees a great device at the ends of the earth: three open portals through which the north winds blow, bringing cold, hail, frost, snow, dew, and rain. One portal blows for good; the other two blow with violence and cause harm on the earth.
- Jeremiah 49:36 : stands beside the four winds from the four quarters of heaven
- Zechariah 6:5 : stands beside the four spirits of the heavens going forth
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.