1 Enoch 4:1
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
And again, observe ye the days of summer how the sun is above the earth over against it. And you seek shade and shelter by reason of the heat of the sun, and the earth also burns with growing heat, and so you cannot tread on the earth, or on a rock by reason of its heat.
This verse’s chapter, studied
The Heat That Drives Every Creature to Shelter
Enoch observes the days of summer, when the sun stands directly over the earth and its heat is so fierce that people seek shade and cannot bear to walk on bare ground or rock.
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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.