1 Enoch 47:3
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
In those days I saw the Head of Days when He seated himself upon the throne of His glory, And the books of the living were opened before Him: And all His host which is in heaven above and His counsellors stood before Him,
This verse’s chapter, studied
The Books Are Opened: The Prayer of the Righteous Is Heard
The prayer of the righteous and "the blood of the righteous" rise before the Lord of Spirits, and the holy ones in heaven join their voices asking that judgment be done and that the righteous not have to suffer forever. Enoch then sees "the Head of Days" take his seat "upon the throne of His glory," and "the books of the living were opened before Him."
- Daniel 7:9 : The Head of Days seated on his throne of glory with the books opened closely matches the Ancient of Days enthroned in Daniel's vision, where "the judgment was set, and the books were opened."
- Revelation 6:10 : The righteous' blood crying out for judgment echoes the souls under the altar in Revelation who cry, "How long, O Lord... dost thou not... avenge our blood?"
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. II — The Parables of Enoch (2020)
The reader's commentary continued into the Son of Man visions of these chapters.