1 Enoch 34:3
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
And out of one portal they blow for good: but when they blow through the other two portals, it is with violence and affliction on the earth, and they blow with violence.
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.