1 Enoch 49:4
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
And he shall judge the secret things, And none shall be able to utter a lying word before him; For he is the Elect One before the Lord of Spirits according to His good pleasure.
This verse’s chapter, studied
The Spirit of Wisdom Rests on the Elect One
Wisdom is "poured out like water" through the Elect One, who is "mighty in all the secrets of righteousness" while unrighteousness fades like a shadow. In him dwells "the spirit of wisdom... the spirit which gives insight... and the spirit of understanding and of might," and he judges secret things so that no one can speak a lie before him.
- Isaiah 11:2 : "The spirit of wisdom... and understanding... and of might" resting on the Elect One closely matches the sevenfold Spirit resting on the shoot from Jesse's stock in Isaiah.
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.